Quicksand rescue at deadly bay

SECONDS from death, a tourist is plucked from Britain's most treacherous beach after being sucked in by quicksand.

- By Chris Riches

Search and Rescue volunteers used inflatable paths to reach the hiker in Morecambe Bay - the site of the 2004 tragedy when 23 migrant cockle-pickers were drowned by the fast-rising tide.

The water moves faster than humans can run - and the quicksand is barely visible.