The American caver trapped underground in Turkey has been hoisted to safety.
Mark Dickey, 40, had been trapped underground since Aug. 31, when he fell ill more than 3,400 feet below the surface, according to the New Jersey Initial Response Team, a group he leads.
A rescue team carried Dickey on a stretcher passed through a rest camp about 1,000 feet underground, international caving officials said on Monday. They rested in the area around the last 180 meters before he was pulled out. When the Hungarian Cave Rescue Service arrived on Sunday, Dickey was in serious, life-threatening condition, officials said. Life-saving medical intervention included high doses of medication for his stomach and a blood transfusion.
The team carrying the stretcher had passed a bivouac site about 500 meters, or 1,640 feet, below the surface about 12 hours earlier, the European Cave Rescue Association said.
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