MERSIN, Turkey - More than 150 rescuers raced on Thursday (Sept 7) to reach an American man who fell ill and became trapped some 1,000 metres underground in a cave he was exploring in southern Turkey. Mark Dickey, 40, was on an international exploration mission in the Morca cave in the Taurus mountains when he began suffering gastrointestinal bleeding, Turkey's...
Mark Dickey, the US caver who is currently trapped near Morca, poses in Mentone, Alabama, US on May 12, 2023.MERSIN, Turkey - More than 150 rescuers raced on Thursday to reach an American man who fell ill and became trapped some 1,000 metres underground in a cave he was exploring in southern Turkey.
"Several international teams, including Croats and Italians, are aiding in the operations. The guy is some 1,000 metres deep, they are dividing the ascent in seven sections," TUMAF head Bulent Genc told Reuters. TUMAF said a phone line to reach a depth of 1,040 metres had been set up and that Croatian rescuers were setting up an additional "CaveLink" communications system as backup.