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A man has drowned after getting stuck waist-deep in quicksand-like silt while walking on tidal mudflats in Alaska.
Key points:
- Zachary Porter was submerged Sunday evening as the tide came in
- The accident was the latest tragedy at Turnagain Arm, a 77-kilometre-long estuary
- Three others have drowned at the mudflats
Zachary Porter, 20, of Lake Bluff, Illinois, America was submerged Sunday evening as the tide came in, and his body was recovered Monday morning, Alaska State Troopers spokesperson Austin McDaniel said.
A member of Mr Porter’s group called 911 when they couldn’t get him out, but it…
