Zachary Porter, of Lake Bluff, Illinois, was walking on the mud flats at the treacherous Turnagain Arm — a 48-mile-long estuary carved out by glaciers — with friends on Sunday evening when he ...

A man who was walking on tidal mud flats with friends in the Alaska estuary of Turnagain Arm became submerged up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt and drowned as the tide came in before ...

Authorities say a 20-year-old Illinois man died Sunday evening after rescuers were unable to free him from the Turnagain Arm mud flats near Hope and he drowned as the tide rose. Zachary Porter was ...

Zachary Porter, 20, from Illinois, was walking on tidal mud flats in an Alaska estuary with his friends on Sunday evening when he became submerged as the tide came in. Friends and volunteers ...

The heartbroken family of a 20-year-old Illinois man who drowned Sunday after getting stuck in quicksand-like silt on Alaska’s mud flats said he loved to travel and was on an “adventure ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 ...

The beautiful, yet deadly mud flats of Alaska's Turnagain Arm tragically claimed another victim this week, after a 20-year-old man became stuck waist deep and drowned with the incoming tide.

Zachary Porter died Sunday "after being submerged by the incoming tide" while stuck in the mud flats near Hope, according to Alaska State Troopers Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and ...

May 22—A 20-year-old Illinois man died Sunday evening after rescuers were unable to free him from the Turnagain Arm mud flats near Hope as the tide rose, Alaska State Troopers said. Troopers ...

A 20-year-old Illinois man stuck in mud flats died when the tide rose, submerging him, Alaska State Troopers say. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 20-year-old Illinois man stuck waist-deep in tidal mud ...

A surveyor stuck waist deep in mud flats near Girdwood was rescued by firefighters, Alaska officials say. Girdwood Fire and Rescue A man who became mired in mud flats near Girdwood sank up to his ...