Boy Buried in Tragedy on Beach
‘I thought I was going to die’: Teenager buried alive on California beach relives the moment sand tunnel he built caved in
A teenage boy who survived being buried alive on a California beach for half an hour has said he ‘thought he was going to die’.
Dozens of holidaymakers pitched in to try to dig out 17-year-old Matt Mina, who was stuck seven foot deep after a tunnel he had been digging in the sand collapsed, trapping him.
Despite the desperate efforts to free the trapped sand kept pouring back into the huge hole.
Eventually firefighters managed to drag him out and although he was unconscious at first he has since made a remarkable recovery.
People dig frantically to pull Matt Mina from the sand
Saved: The boy is pulled out from beneath the sand, unconscious but alive
Close call: The teenager who was buried in 6 feet of sand while digging a trench on a California beach said Thursday he was certain he would die
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