When I got down there, the boy was about, maybe, three feet, maybe, down. But his head, he was at that point, his head was above the sand. But I guess his sister was beside him and she was down further, and they tried digging her out, but the more they dug, the more the sand collapsed. They tried putting boards to try and keep the sand from falling in, but – She was down for quite a while.

Source: New York Times February 22, 2024 15:04 UTC