Man stuck in Alaska mud flats drowns as tide comes in.

Where were his friends?

Not risking their lives.

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Where were his friends?

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Authorities told The Associated Press that a member of his group had called 911 when they could not get him out, but that it was too late.

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Turnagain arm may be the most scenic drive I've ever taken.

Its extremely difficult to get out of that stuff, even with people helping you.

I'd take this over getting mauled and eaten alive by a Grizzly Bear I think.

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Its extremely difficult to get out of that stuff, even with people helping you.

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the more you struggle the worse it gets

Worst way to go. Its slow, you have a lot of time to slowly be covered by sea water.

People get stuck there every year, many cannot be freed.

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The tide rose around young Adeana Dickison as Trooper Mike Opalka strained to free her from the mud of Turnagain Arm that had imprisoned her leg in a concrete-like grip.

“I talked to her, told her everything was going to be all right, we were going to get her out of there.”

The frigid, murky water had reached her chest.

He pulled and pulled with the help of paramedics, but the 38-degree water sapped their strength. The water covered her head.

“I was holding onto her as she drowned. I’m hanging onto her and I had to let go. I had no feeling in my arms, in my hands. I just had to let go,” he said. “She was alive, conscious. There was nothing we could do.”

It wasn’t until after the swift tide had come and gone that Dickison‘s body was released Friday afternoon by local firefighters using a high-powered hose to wash it from the dense, fine-grained muck.

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I remember my Aunt telling me a story like this when i went to visit them in Alaska when i was in middle school (Late '80s) She told me a guy sank in the mud at low tide up to his waste. the suction prevented rescurers from pulling him out and when the tide came in he drowned was along the rad from Kenai to Anchorage. (Think this was in Portage area))

the tide shifts can be 25-30 feet. all the docks/piers are on floats. and you tied you bot to a pulley that went out 100'. at high tide u tied you boat to the pully and wenched you boat out to the end.

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After reading the article, this is the same mud flat area i that my aunts story was from. so this must happen more often than you think

There are two tides a day at 22 to 30 ft. That stuff is like quicksand and there are signs posted not to go out on those mud flats. That guy was a dumbass.