{"id":1006734,"date":"2026-08-17T15:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1006734\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T15:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:40:16","slug":"he-got-stuck-in-mud-as-the-tide-rolled-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1006734\/","title":{"rendered":"He Got Stuck in Mud \u2014as the Tide Rolled In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"storyParagraph\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                        A muddy mishap on a tidal riverbank in the UK turned serious Sunday as the tide began rolling in. Emergency crews were called to the River Alt near Blundellsands Sailing Club in Sefton, Merseyside, where a man had sunk up to his knees in mud and could not free himself. HM Coastguard Crosby described the area as challenging terrain &#8220;even in ideal conditions,&#8221; made worse by a fast-rising tide closing in on the trapped man, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ckg90rvg3kvo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>.&#13;\n                                    <\/p>\n<p class=\"storyParagraph\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                        Coastguard teams, working with fire service crews, entered the mud as the water was only about six feet from the man, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wirral.coastguard\/posts\/pfbid02HEfYfTEwP4JUNNtACiA8w5LtmJSiQjeUhehdMTJrssG7xVNyz5HdRtUAkgq3DTjcl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to<\/a> one team. He was pulled out with specialist rescue equipment just in time; the BBC reports that &#8220;rising waters almost engulfed him.&#8221; The man, checked over by paramedics, did not require hospital treatment. Officials say others who become trapped in mud should avoid struggling, which can make matters worse, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wirralglobe.co.uk\/news\/26469425.wirral-coastguard-called-person-trapped-mud-near-river\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wirral Globe<\/a>. Bystanders are urged to call for help, rather than enter the mud themselves.&#13;\n                                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; A muddy mishap on a tidal riverbank in the UK turned serious Sunday as the tide began&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1006735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[6026,50,4747,8743,83524,376,103],"class_list":["post-1006734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-england","tag-news","tag-rescue","tag-river","tag-tides","tag-united-kingdom","tag-world"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117111608362496624","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1006734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1006735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1006734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1006734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1006734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}