People Who Survived Falling Into Quicksand

ryan osmond was trapped in cold quick sand inside a pond it was the end of winter and snow had started falling he was alone without cell phone reception as the night fell upon him he lost hope and he started thinking of ways to die faster he thought he noticed a light off in the distance was it someone coming to help or was his mind getting the best of him here's how to survive quicksand quicksand can be a mixture of various substances including water sand clay and even air it might look solid and sturdy on the surface but it quickly collapses from any pressure or vibration but because humans have about half the density of quicksand you'll only sink to around your waist even if you can't get pulled all the way under you can still die from things like suffocation hypothermia and dehydration just from being trapped in quicksand today we took a look at three incredible survival stories and examine how these survivors escaped a sandy grave should you move around or stay still how can leaning back save your life and why did one survivor ask to be left alone there's quicksand all over the world but it's most common near the coastlines marshes and along rivers in its near river where our first story takes place number three the little fisherman while fishing with his father in oklahoma's wichita river a 12-year-old boy got stuck in quicksand by the time firefighters got there the boy's right leg was buried to his knee but his father had freed his left leg his father and three firefighters started pulling on the boy but he remained trapped they had to dig with their hands to release the boy's leg but with all this movement the firefighters also started sinking they used driftwood and tree branches to make a platform to keep everyone from being sucked in further meanwhile the boy began to suffer from hypothermia and lost feeling in his leg after almost an hour they finally freed the boy who escaped with mild hypothermia if you think an hour is a long time to be trapped in quicksand just wait until you hear about our number one story number two a frozen miracle let's go back to ryan osman he was crossing a pond in utah's zion national park with his girlfriend jessica when he stepped in a tiny patch of quicksand which completely swallowed his leg they had been hiking for hours there was no cell reception and a blizzard started to form in the area jessica gave him sticks to jam down beside his stuck leg while she started scooping the sand with both her hands but the hole was refilling faster than she could pull out the sand after 30 minutes they were in a full-on blizzard and that's when ryan began thinking he wouldn't make it out alive he asked jessica to run for help knowing that it was his only option hours passed ryan fell asleep a few times and the snow kept piling on him just as he was giving up hope he saw a flashlight and yelled for help it was the rescue team jessica had succeeded two people pulled him up from underneath his shoulders while another person dug out the mud his leg was so cold that it felt like a knife was cutting into his skin every time he touched it after a few minutes of extreme pain and what felt like his leg getting ripped off he was finally free and saved from freezing to death ryan was stuck for 12 hours as the rescue team took three hours to find him ryan says his mental recovery was more difficult and for three months he'd wake up wet with sweat after having dreams of falling in water and drowning before we get to our last story let's go over some key takeaways that could help you if you're ever in this situation in both stories the survivors did well by keeping calm and staying still while they waited constantly moving around might have made them sink deeper and would probably have drained their last bits of energy if you ever get trapped in quicksand remember to stay calm and take deep breaths to avoid sinking faster remove excess weight like backpacks and keep your arms above the surface if you sink to waste level try leaning on your back this will distribute your weight allowing your feet to float on the surface then carefully use your hands to pedal backward and reach solid ground to free your legs try moving them slowly giving time for the quicksand to fill the space underneath this process could take hours but sometimes a person cannot move at all this brings us to our last story number one a clay prison robbie teasar was on a 25-day group expedition near the dirty devil river in eastern utah and needed to cross from one bank to another he thought the best way to do it was to walk across the sandy area but the 25 year old started sinking after a few seconds his classmates struggled to free him but after a few hours he was waist deep in the muddy quicksand he wasn't able to move at all the mud had thickened around his body and it was like being trapped in concrete in this case drowning was not the main threat robbie could freeze to death as temperatures were around four degrees celsius hours later after the hikers activated an emergency alert beacon a helicopter lifeguard crew and rescue teams arrived to free him they used rafts and shovels to dig robbie out of the quicksand finally releasing him from his prison at 1am he had been trapped for 13 hours knowing that quicksand can be anywhere bring a stick the next time you go for a hike especially near water and be extra careful if you're alone but what could you do if instead of sinking to your waste the whole earth swallowed you could you survive falling into a sinkhole we've got some tips for that too you

Channel: How to Survive

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Id: 87WyE3dmWWk

Length: 6min 37sec (397 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 07 2021