Zachary Porter, a 20-year-old college student, was on a trip to Alaska when he got stuck in quicksand-like silt up to his waist and drowned when the tide came in before his friends could pull him out.

Zachary Porter, 20, from Illinois, was walking with friends across Turnagain Arm estuary's mud flats in Alaska when he became stuck in quicksand-like silt and could not be saved before the tide ...

Illinois man drowns in Alaska's Turnagain Arm mud flats after getting stuck waist-deep in quicksand-like silt Updated on: May 23, 2023 / 12:48 PM EDT / CBS/AP ...

Authorities said, a 20-year-old man from Illinois who was walking Sunday evening, May 21, 2023, on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary, got stuck up to his waist in the quicksand ...

A 2021 Lake Forest High School graduate died Sunday after he fell in tidal mud flats near Hope, Alaska, according to the Alaska State Police. Zachary Porter, 20, was walking in the area with three … ...

The 20-year-old was walking on tidal mudflats with friends in an Alaska estuary when he got stuck in the quicksand-like silt and drowned. Skip to main content. ABC News.