{"id":2265489,"date":"2024-06-11T21:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T01:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beach-disaster-quicksand-swallows-woman-as-she-screams-for-husband-to-rescue-her-i-cant-get-out\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T21:04:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T01:04:39","slug":"beach-disaster-quicksand-swallows-woman-as-she-screams-for-husband-to-rescue-her-i-cant-get-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beach-disaster-quicksand-swallows-woman-as-she-screams-for-husband-to-rescue-her-i-cant-get-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach Tragedy: Woman Trapped in Quicksand Calls for Husband&#8217;s Help &#8211; &#8216;I Can&#8217;t Get Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbeach-disaster-quicksand-swallows-woman-as-she-screams-for-husband-to-rescue-her-i-cant-get-out%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2265489&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a leisurely \u2062walk along Popham Beach in Maine, Jamie Acord experienced a \u2062frightening incident \u2063where she suddenly sank into quicksand up to her\u2062 hips. Acord \u2064recounted how she felt like she dropped into a manhole as the ground unexpectedly gave way beneath her. Although \u200cshe frequently visited \u2064this beach, this occurrence was a shock to her, emphasizing \u200bthat such\u2062 incidents \u2062are\u200b not confined to Hollywood scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from local news and the \u2062Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and \u2064Forestry explained that\u2062 Acord had stepped\u2064 into supersaturated \u200csand, \u2062which quickly filled\u2064 back \u200cin after\u200b her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pakistan-is-a-place-i-worry-about-lindsey-graham-defends-sending-millions-of-dollars-to-pakistan-while-americans-suffer-video\/\" title=\"\u201cPakistan is a Place I Worry About\u201d \u2013 Lindsey Graham Defends Sending Millions of Dollars to Pakistan While Americans Suffer (VIDEO)\">husband<\/a> helped \u2064pull her \u200dout. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/13-year-old-shot-at-memphis-k-8-school-suspect-in-custody\/\" title=\"13-year-old shot at Memphis K-8 school, suspect in custody\">department assured<\/a> the public\u2063 that while distressing, these situations are not \u200clife-threatening and are completely survivable.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath, warning signs were to be installed at the beach. Sean Vaillancourt, managing the\u200b beach for the state Bureau of \u200bParks and Land, \u200dadvised maintaining \u200ccalm and dispersing one&#8217;s weight to facilitate escaping the\u200c sand. He mentioned that quicksand on the beach usually does not get \u2063deeper than waist-level.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 Western Journal also included a related appeal for financial support, highlighting their \u2062ongoing battle \u200bagainst censorship and underscoring the importance of community backing in their efforts to continue their journalism.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 11, 2024 at 4:49pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>An idyllic walk on a Maine beach turned into a nightmare for a woman who walked into quicksand.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Acord said she and her husband were walking along Popham Beach when the ground gave way, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscentermaine.com\/article\/news\/local\/public-safety\/sunk-like-a-rock-woman-swallowed-up-to-her-hips-in-sand-at-popham-beach\/97-aaca3d4b-32a7-4fb4-a796-146ccc5ea29a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WCSH<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just dropped like a rock. [My husband] said I was there, and then the next minute I wasn\u2019t,\u201d she said, the U.K.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13517075\/quicksand-woman-swallowed-beach-husband.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a> noted that she called out, \u201cI can\u2019t get out!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t feel the ground with my feet,\u201d she said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t push myself out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiterally it was kind of like I just dropped into a manhole cover,\u201d she said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/woman-swallowed-by-quicksand-walking-on-beach-maine-8660805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re walking along, just talking, and all of a sudden, I went into the sand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was kind of one of those moments where I didn\u2019t know what to do. This is a new thing that\u2019s never happened before. And I go to that beach all the time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Quicksand doesn\u2019t just happen in Hollywood. It happened on a Maine beach <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4QtyCIwYRo\">https:\/\/t.co\/4QtyCIwYRo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7U5rhUlu8p\">pic.twitter.com\/7U5rhUlu8p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abc7newsbayarea\/status\/1800669379765362866?\">June 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-police-station-teeters-edge-collapse-sinkhole-opens-underneath-west-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Falling in<\/a> was bad enough, then came the weird part.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Have you ever seen quicksand?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAnd as soon as he pulled me out, we turned around to look to see what had occurred because we just assumed I\u2019d fallen in an actual hole, and there was nothing there. It looked just like the beach. It had filled itself right back in,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said afterward that her clothes were covered in \u201cwet, cement-like sand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry said Acord stepped into some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-man-rescues-girlfriend-quicksand-gets-stuck-10-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supersaturated sand<\/a>, WCSH reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sand is saturated with water,\u201d department communications director Jim Britt said. \u201cIt\u2019s even more unstable and very easy to find yourself sinking into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Britt said no one will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/perfectly-cylindrical-sinkhole-appears-now-large-enough-swallow-national-monuments-whole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">swallowed whole<\/a>, adding, \u201cWhat is occurring is a 100-percent survivable scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warning signs are going up, Sean Vaillancourt, who manages the beach for the state Bureau of Parks and Land, said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/news\/local\/officials-warn-quicksand-conditions-popular-new-england-beach\/HR65HLI4L5HPLDKH4MLIC64KNE\/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem_manual&#038;utm_medium=trueAnthem&#038;utm_source=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WFXV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Vaillancourt said keeping calm helps if one falls into the sand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust take your time and crawl out if you have to,\u201d Vaillancourt said. \u201cYou can also lean forward or back in a floating position. The more you can disperse your weight over that, the more you can move freely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the quicksand is usually no more than waist deep.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. Will you help us fight? 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Please don\u2019t let the America-hating left win. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A peaceful stroll on Maine&#8217;s Popham Beach became terrifying for Jamie Acord when she suddenly sank into quicksand. &#8220;I just dropped like a rock,&#8221; she recounted to WCSH, describing the harrowing experience during her beach walk with her husband<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2265490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Quicksand-Couple.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Quicksand-Couple.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2265489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2265490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2265489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2265489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2265489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}