Our sweet Sloan. What we would give." A picture of a Polaroid image of Sloan Mattingly, 7. She died when a sand hole collapsed on her in Florida on Tuesday. (Facebook/Jason Mattingly) ...

An expert says that a lifeguard on duty may have prevented the tragic death of a 7-year-old girl who died on a Florida beach Tuesday when a sand hole collapsed on her and her brother.

A young girl has died and her brother has been hospitalized after they fell into a hole they had dug in the sand at a beach Tuesday in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida. Sloan Mattingly, 7, and ...

These spines are also a tell-tale way to see if a sand dollar is still alive. When in doubt, leave them be because there’s a hefty $500 fine for taking a live sand dollar off the Lowcountry shores.