Buried Alive: Video show Rescue operation after man submerged in suffocating mud on a Georgia building site

Emergency workers have rescued a man submerged in suffocating mud on a Georgia building site for nearly an hour.

Dramatic video showed that when firefighters arrived at the scene in Atlanta they were barely able to see the man, who had sunk deep into the thick mud.

"He couldn't get himself out because he was too weak," one firefighter said.

"The suction on the mud was holding the individual down and his airway was compromised.

"One of the Grady (Memorial Hospital) medics was able to get out to him and get his airway open and move the mud away from his face to keep him breathing."

But the rescue very nearly took a terrifying turn when a firefighter also became trapped. He was pulled out by colleagues.

Eventually, enough rescue workers were able to get to the man, who has not been named, and pull him from the cloying mud.

"We were able to get him out with just brute manpower and put him in the basket and get him up," the firefighter said.

The man was taken to hospital and treated for hypothermia, local news channels said. Read More