Man caught in ‘quick mud’ drowns when tide comes in

Tragedy struck in the small Alaska town of Hope on Sunday evening when 20-year-old Zachary Porter became stuck in the quicksand-like silt of Turnagain Arm, an estuary that stretches 48 miles southeast from the Anchorage area. The muck that the young man was walking on is a proverbial deathtrap due to the dangerous mud flats made of silt created by glacier-pulverized rocks, which public signs warn of the hazards. Despite the everyday occurences of people …

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