ETBU, Former Byrd football player drowns in East Texas

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There's a local watering hole called the clay pits, and for years, people have gone out and swam in these pits. They're dangerous, they'e murky waters," Blackburn said. "They were walking him out, he was not a good swimmer, and he started reaching for students around him. This clay is like quicksand, and once you hit it, it just has a suction and you can't pull out of the quagmire."

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