A man who was walking on tidal mud flats with friends in a US 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.Zachary Porter, 20, of Lake Bluff in Illinois, was submerged on Sunday evening as the tide came in, and his body was recovered on Monday morning, Alaska State Troopers spokesperson Austin McDaniel told The Associated Press.A member of Porter's group called 911 when they couldn't get him out, but it was too late, authorities said.
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