SAUGUS, MASS. (WHDH) - Firefighters came to the aid of a woman who got stuck in the mud while hiking in Saugus Friday morning.
Twenty-two-year-old Paige Canale went on a hike to film a video for Tik Tok when she got stuck in the sticky situation near Stocker Playground.
“It was one step, my leg got stuck, then you try to get it out, and that leg sinks,” she explained.
Canale said she tried to dig herself out but it was no use.
“I was trying to dig myself out, I was going deeper and deeper and deeper,” she said.
Her body and hands quickly became covered in mud making it impossible for her to dial 911. So, she used her voice-activated “Siri” to call for help.
“I was thinking this is gonna be really embarrassing when the firefighters need to get me out of here,” Canale said.
Crews pulled her out of the mud and she was not hurt, according to Saugus Fire Chief Michael Newbury.
“We were able to put ice rescue suits on, tie the firefighters off, they went out and put a board behind the woman and we were able to free her from the mud,” Newbury said.
Canale lost one of her boots in that mud and the other is completely covered in muck.
“My friends and family were like, ‘Paige if you didn’t have your phone in your pocket you could have died,” she said.
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