A rescue operation is underway to save an expert American caving instructor who fell ill a week ago while more than 3,400 feet deep in a cave in southern Turkey.
September 9, 2023, 12:00 PMRescuers gather around a radio in Morca Cave, as they take part in a rescue operation to reach U.S. caver Mark Dickey who fell ill and became trapped some 1,000 meters underground, near Anamur in Mersin province, southern Turkey, Sept. 7, 2023.in Turkey has begun, according to the New Jersey Initial Response Team, the organization he works with.
"The doctors we sent down were very successful in treating him," Cenk Yildiz, a regional official from Turkey's disaster relief agency, told the IHA news agency. "We are now in a position to evacuate him." MORE: Dayslong rescue mission now underway to save American who fell ill exploring deep cave in Turkey
The cave was being prepared for Dickey's safe extraction, including passages being widened and the danger of falling rocks being addressed, according to the Hungarian Cave Rescue Service and other officials.
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