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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 silt and drowned as the tide came in before frantic rescuers could   
   extract him, authorities said.   
      
   Zachary Porter, 20, of Lake Bluff, Illinois, was submerged Sunday evening   
   as the tide came in, and his body was recovered Monday morning, Alaska   
   State Troopers spokesperson Austin McDaniel told The Associated Press. A   
   member of Porter’s group called 911 when they couldn’t get him out, but it   
   was too late, authorities said.   
      
   The accident was the latest tragedy at Turnagain Arm, a 48-mile-long (77-   
   kilometer-long) estuary carved out long ago by glaciers that travels   
   southeast from the Anchorage area and parallels a major highway. At low   
   tide, the estuary is known for its dangerous mud flats made of silt   
   created by glacier-pulverized rocks. At least three other people have   
   gotten stuck and drowned there over the years. Many more have been   
   rescued, including someone who was fishing there last month.   
      
   “It’s big, it’s amazing, it’s beautiful, and it’s overwhelming,” Kristy   
   Peterson, the administrator and lead EMT for the Hope-Sunrise Volunteer   
   Fire Department, said of Alaska. “But you have to remember that it’s   
   Mother Nature, and she has no mercy for humanity.”   
      
   Peterson, who responded to the call, spoke with others in Porter’s party   
   but didn’t talk to him during the desperate rescue attempt.   
      
   “When we respond, we respond with the utmost of good intentions and as   
   mothers and fathers and uncles and brothers,” she said. “We respond with   
   as much passion and vigor as we can.”   
      
   The volunteer members of the department will gather later in the week for   
   a debriefing, she said.   
      
   “I have been in contact with all my members, and they’re all heartbroken,”   
   Peterson said. “This is a hard situation.”   
      
   The accident occurred near the community of Hope, a quaint community of   
   about 80 people. It lies across Turnagain Arm just 22 miles — but a 90-   
   minute drive — from Anchorage.   
      
   The estuary travels southeast from the Anchorage area and parallels the   
   Seward Highway, the only highway that goes south and delivers tourists   
   from Anchorage to the sportsman’s paradise of the Kenai Peninsula.   
      
   At low tide, Turnagain Arm is known for its mud flats that “can suck you   
   down,” Peterson said. “It looks like it’s solid, but it’s not.”   
      
   When the tide comes back in, the silt gets wet from the bottom, loosens up   
   and can create a vacuum if a person walks on it.   
      
   Signs are posted warning people of hazardous waters and mud flats.   
      
   “I’ve really got to warn people against playing the mud,” Peterson said.   
   “It’s dangerous.”   
      
   Some people attempt to walk across Turnagain Arm or walk the 9 miles (14   
   kilometers) from Anchorage to Fire Island during low tide, sometimes   
   prompting rescue efforts.   
      
   There have been other deaths on the mud flats. In 1988, newlyweds Adeana   
   and Jay Dickison were gold dredging on the eastern end of the arm when her   
   ATV got stuck in the mud, the Anchorage Daily News reported. She then   
   became stuck when trying to push it out and drowned with the incoming   
   tide.   
      
   In 1978, an unnamed Air Force sergeant attempting to cross Turnagain Arm   
   was swept away with the leading edge of the tide. His body was never   
   found, the Anchorage newspaper reported. In 2013, Army Capt. Joseph Eros   
   died while trying to cross from Fire Island back to Anchorage.   
      
   Earlier this month, a man was rescued from the mud flats after one leg   
   became stuck, and he sank to his waist while fishing in Turnagain Arm.   
      
   Peterson said they got the rescue call after Porter was in serious   
   trouble, and it takes time to mobilize. Another department — about an   
   hour’s drive away — also responded.   
      
   Peterson urged people to call 911 as soon as possible.   
      
   “If you think that there’s an issue, if you think that there even might be   
   an issue, call,” she said. “Because we can get resources moving, and we   
   would rather turn around and go home then it be a disaster.”   
      
      
      
      
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