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  • 20/05/2025
A British tourist who spent over three hours trapped in an eight-foot sand hole said he believed he was going to die before beachgoers rescued him.

The incident happened on Copacabana Beach in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 22nd April, but only emerged in social media on 16th May.

Jensen WJJ Sturgeon, from England, was found buried waist-deep in a hole he had dug himself when it collapsed around him.
He had reportedly decided to dig as deep as he could and struck water, creating a quicksand-like trap that caused his legs to sink and become stuck.
Video: @jws.9/Newsflash/NX
Transcript
00:00You
00:04We got water
00:07We got water
00:10I'm a Jensen from England. I'm a guy that got stuck in that hole. I was digging a eight-foot hole and
00:21Mostly I thought it was going through my head. I thought I was gonna die, but luckily I had good people to save me
00:27But yeah, what's the word? Obrigado to the people of Rio that actually helped me out
00:35Yeah, still going, but I'll definitely be back to that beach. That was unreal
00:41But yeah, I didn't think I was gonna die
00:46This is a nice story to tell when you get there in America
00:50You're a blogger?
00:52Yes
00:53Ah, that's awesome
00:55That's awesome
00:57I say to you, when I come to the country, it doesn't make a hole, man. It doesn't make a hole
00:59We're talking directly. It doesn't make a hole
01:03And the saga continues, the saga of the American Terrasse
01:06We're not going to be in Brazil
01:08Don't go away, bro. Don't go away
01:12You're out, you're out of the Terrasse
01:14Don't go away, dude.
01:16Don't go away, dude. Don't go away
01:17I'm out of the Terrasse
01:18I'm out of the Terrasse
01:19And a bastions
01:23I'm out of the Terrasse
01:24I'm out of here
01:24I don't know what I'm going to do with you
01:31I'm sorry I'm sorry
01:36I'm sorry
01:39I'm sorry
01:42I'm sorry
01:45I'm sorry
01:47I'm sorry
01:49I'm sorry
01:51I'm sorry
01:52I'm sorry
01:53I'm sorry
01:55You can't find that
01:57it's an old day
01:59And if I didn't see, imagine the guy
02:02Open everything
02:13You're over
02:15Let's go, let's go, let's go
02:20Everybody together
02:22Let's go, let's go
02:27Let's go, let's go
02:30Let's go
02:31Let's go, man
02:32Let's go
02:45Let's go, let's go

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