The beautiful, yet deadly mud flats of Alaska's Turnagain Arm tragically ... The mud flats are unique yet similar to quicksand in the way the surface appears to be solid. When the tide comes ...

A man who was walking on tidal mud flats with friends in the Alaska estuary of Turnagain Arm became submerged up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt and drowned as the tide came in before ...

The heartbroken family of a 20-year-old Illinois man who drowned Sunday after getting stuck in quicksand-like silt on Alaska’s mud flats said he loved to travel and was on an “adventure ...

A 20-year-old man from Illinois died after getting stuck in quicksand-like silt in an Alaska estuary and drowning when the tide came in. Zachary Porter, of Lake Bluff, Illinois, was walking on the ...

An Illinois man who had been walking on tidal mud flats in an Alaska estuary reportedly drowned ... when he was submerged up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt. The body of Zachary Porter ...

A 2021 Lake Forest High School graduate died Sunday after he fell in tidal mud flats near Hope, Alaska, according to ... the atmosphere — can create a quicksand-like environment.

CHICAGO (CBS) – CBS 2 heard from the heartbroken family of a North Shore man who died while trapped in a type of quicksand on a trip to Alaska. Zachary Porter, 20, of Lake Bluff, was walking on ...

A man has drowned after getting stuck waist-deep in quicksand-like silt while walking on tidal mudflats in Alaska. Zachary Porter was submerged Sunday evening as the tide came in The accident ...

In May 2023, Illinois college student Zachary Porter became stuck waist-deep in muddy quicksand in Alaska’s Turnagain Arm and drowned when the tide came in, despite first responders’ efforts ...

Experts say that if you get stuck in quicksand, you should lean back so ... a college student died on a summer adventure in Alaska when he got stuck on dangerous mud flats and sucked into the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 drowned as the tide came in before frantic ...