A man cannot drink a mirage, but he can drown in it?

Question

how are you today? are your feet sore from all the nervous pacing around?

Answer 1

My feet are just fine. I haven't been pacing.

To answer your question, if you equate drowning with asphyxiation the it may be possible for a man who is caught up in a mirage to try to drink sand and have it go down his windpipe and choke him to death.