“I'm not sinking anymore. I'm still right now, everything's okay.” For about 15 minutes, O’Brien tried to dig himself out of the sand, to no avail. They both tried calling 911 multiple times ...

The incident occurred in an area where dredged sand had been deposited ... "It took seconds for him to be this deep, but ...

Tuvalu has been calling for international assistance, as the sinking of the islands is believed to have already ... One of these methods is through foraminifera sand, which has historically formed our ...