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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who was walking on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary got stuck up to his waist in the quicksand-like si...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who was walking on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary got stuck up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt and
Zachary Porter, 20, of Lake Bluff, Illinois, got stuck Sunday evening as the tide came in.
A member of Zachary Porter's group called 911 when they couldn't get him out, but it was too late, authorities said.
Zachary Porter, a 20-year-old college student, was on a trip to Alaska when he got stuck in quicksand-like silt up to his waist and drowned when the tide came in before his friends could pull him out.