A boy who was hunting with his father was rescued after getting stuck up to his waist in mud, Alaska troopers say.
A boy who was hunting with his father got stuck up to his waist in mud along the Alaska River south of Palmer, police said.
Rescuers released the boy from the mudflats along the Matanuska River on Saturday, Oct. 1, Alaska State Police said in a news release.
Salvation took several hours after emergency crews were called at 12:51 p.m., emergency officials told the Anchorage Daily News.
Rescuers used portable water pumps to loosen the mud so the boy could be pulled out, troopers said. He was treated at the hospital and released.
“I’d say about every year we get one or two of these, especially this time of year,” Ken Barkley, director of Mat-Su EMS, told the Anchorage Daily News.
Palmer is a town of 7,300 about 40 miles northeast of Anchorage.
