Who or what event is portrayed in this story?
It should’ve been easy, just cross the short inlet to the other side. Sure, we knew the mud was dangerous, we prepared for it. I guess not enough.
I want to blame the trailer for the tragedy but I couldn’t. There was no one to blame but me—me and my greed.
When she jumped from her ATV, her legs became firmly planted, and although I urgently pumped water around them, I could only free one. One.
The fire department and rescuers arrived, but time was not on our side. The tide moved in too quickly.
I’ll never forget the panic and dread in her eyes.
“I’m so cold,” she told me and the water rose to her waist.
“Just hang on, we’re going to get you out. We will get you out.” Her hands were as cold as ice.
Although I begged and pleaded, the rescue attempt stopped when the water reached her neck. I wanted to jump into the water but they held me back.
I yelled that I loved her but I’m not sure she heard me. She had closed her eyes by then. She didn’t struggle as the water slowly covered her mouth and then her nose.
Who or what event is portrayed in this story?
The previous Death By … story is based on:
Franz Reichelt, an Austrian-born French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer, is remembered for his accidental death by jumping from the Eiffel Tower while testing a wearable parachute of his own design. Believing that the lack of a suitably high test platform was partially to blame for his failures, Reichelt repeatedly petitioned the Parisian Prefecture of Police for permission to conduct a test from the Eiffel Tower. He was finally granted permission in early 1912, but when he arrived at the tower on February 4 he made it clear that he intended to jump himself rather than conduct an experiment with dummies. Despite attempts by his friends and spectators to dissuade him, he jumped from the first platform of the tower wearing his invention. The parachute failed to deploy and he crashed into the icy ground at the foot of the tower.
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Congrats Cherie, Sia McKye, Laura and Bev Hankins! Another point each.
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And just a hint: Not all names used in the stories will be the right name. Sometimes if I use the right name, it'll be too easy. I can't make it that easy, can I?
That story is the most horrific so far. I'd never want to endure that.
ReplyDeleteWow. That's so sad and, as Alex says, horrific.
ReplyDeleteClarissa - Oh, how terribly sad! So creepily cold and sad. You're really doing an incredible job with these stories.
ReplyDeleteThis is tragically horrific, and made worse because it seems it's probably based on a true story. I can't imagine losing someone that way.
ReplyDeleteAgain, I have no idea. It's definitely a heart-stopper.
ReplyDeletequicksand gives me nightmares!
ReplyDeletechilling story
ReplyDeletetoo many deaths via quicksand
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Oh this is so sad! :-(
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Oh, this would be so horrible! I seriously have a fear of quicksand and dying...
ReplyDeleteAww! Such a sad and horrifying story!
ReplyDeleteOne of my recent Castle posts told of a man who directed visitors to the quicksands rather than the road they wanted. (Muncaster Castle - A-Z 'M' - another haunted castle.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure what this is from, but dang that would be horrible
ReplyDeleteTerrifying! I had a serious phobia of guicksand as a young kid. What an awful way to go.
ReplyDeleteIt's very hard not to get seriously bummed out reading something like this.
ReplyDeleteEeep...that's awful both on the account of the quicksand and the account of the guy falling to his death. Why couldn't they throw the woman a rope so that she could just hang on or tie it around her waist and then get pulled to safety. It's unbelievable (but I'm sure it happened).
ReplyDeleteHi Clarissa .. the thought of drowning in quicksand is awful - the thought of watching someone die that way - even worse .. and I have no idea - once again ..
ReplyDeleteCheers Hilary
Gruesome story Clarrissa! But I just love it...
ReplyDeletemy God!! both the parts are soooo sad .... did that parachute thing really happen??? i am not well read but your blog always leaves me a bit educated!!! that is why i love to come here...thank you ... it was a post i will remember forever... can't get over it ...
ReplyDeleteThis is the first one that I'd never even had an inkling about! So I Googled woman dies in mud quicksand and the article came up: Adeana and Jay Dickison. I can't believe how young they were. So so freaking sad. This is the most horrible one yet. It gives me the chills just thinking about it.
ReplyDeleteIt also reminded me of the scene in the book The Neverending Story when the horse Artax dies in the quicksand. That made me cry when I was little.
Oh my God, how terrible!
ReplyDeleteThat's so awful!!! Poor people.
ReplyDeleteWhell. I do know what a neti-pot is, but three days too late. Obviously, I didn't know the others this week either. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteThat was a ballsy thing for him to do, and quite stupid. The drowning death is a mystery to me...at least until tomorrow. Question: When you get to Z how do you propose to answer that one?
ReplyDeleteOooh, that one is horrible. Made me shiver all over. This is one way I would NOT want to die!!
ReplyDeleteAnn Best, Author of In the Mirror & Other Memoirs
Adeana Dickison, wife of Jay Dickison. His greed refers to the gold-digging equipment they were pulling on the trailer. Very sad story.
ReplyDeleteSo tragic! I can't begin to imagine what it would be like to watch helplessly as your loved one dies.
ReplyDeleteThis story creeped me out as one of the places I played in my wild and free childhood was around creeks that had quicksand. I was told all these horrible stories so I'd be super careful. What a horrific way to die and what a horrific way to watch your loved one die.
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I feel more terrible for the poor guy who had to see his lover die that way.
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nope, you got me on this one :)
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