![]() Peterson said they got the rescue call after Porter was in serious trouble, and it takes time to mobilize. ![]() Joseph Eros died while trying to cross from Fire Island back to Anchorage.Įarlier 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. His body was never found, the Anchorage newspaper reported. In 1978, an unnamed Air Force sergeant attempting to cross Turnagain Arm was swept away with the leading edge of the tide. She then became stuck when trying to push it out and drowned with the incoming tide. 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. There have been other deaths on the mud flats. 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. “I’ve really got to warn people against playing the mud,” Peterson said. Signs are posted warning people of hazardous waters and mud flats. 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. “It looks like it’s solid, but it’s not.” 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.Īt low tide, Turnagain Arm is known for its mud flats that “can suck you down,” Peterson said. Many more have been rescued, including someone who was fishing there last month. At least three other people have gotten stuck and drowned there over the years. At low tide, the estuary is known for its dangerous mud flats made of silt created by glacier-pulverized rocks. 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. A member of Porter’s group called 911 when they couldn’t get him out, but it was too late, 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. panic isnt good, coz u could get into that kind of trouble which u do not want.ANCHORAGE - 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. once i am in this tsituation, just my head out, some panic can arise - coz honestly, u are about to submerge. for sure thats the kind of excitement i am for, but. sank up to my neck and the mud down where my legs and feet are is ways thicker than on top, it keeps ur legs in place, its hard to move them and most of the time it really sucks you deeper when u try to lift the legs (instead of freeing urself the "right" way). maybe it is mixed with a lil of fear? coz u never know how you will end up finally, allthough i am still alive hahahaha I get really nervous, or aroused whil walking the sinking spots, cant await it. I prefer sinking in peat bogs, this kind of mud is rather soft and fluffy, still keeps u in place and sucks a lot on ur body, no pain or so while sinking, just pleasant pressure. ![]()
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