American researcher Mark Dickey after being rescued from deep inside a southern Turkish cave, in which he had fallen ill. An American researcher who spent 11 days stuck in a Turkish cave after falling ill said Thursday that he thought he would die there before a complex international rescue operation got him out. “You don’t let things become hopeless, but …
A major rescue operation in Turkey’s Taurus Mountains succeeded in bringing out an American researcher who fell seriously ill nine days ago at a depth of some 1,000 meters from the entrance of one of the world’s deepest caves. Here’s what to know about the caver and the rescue operation: Dickey, a 40-year-old accomplished cave explorer from Croton-on-Hudson, New York, …
Dickey, 40, was removed safely from the cave after an international rescue operation involving more than 150 participants. A researcher from the United States has been rescued from deep inside a cave in southern Turkey where he had become trapped after falling ill more than a week ago, Turkey’s TUMAF caving federation said, Mark Dickey, 40, was removed safely from …
Turkish authorities say 40-year-old explorer Mark Dickey could be rescued by Tuesday amid wide-reaching rescue effort. A United States researcher who became trapped about 1,000 metres underground in a cave in southeastern Turkey has been moved closer to the surface, as emergency crews continue to work to free him. The Speleological Federation of Turkey said on Monday that Mark Dickey, …
CNN — A dramatic and complex international rescue operation to save an American man from one of Turkey’s deepest caves ended successfully on Tuesday – more than a week after after he fell seriously ill and became too frail to make his own way out. “Mark Dickey is out in the hands of a rescue worker seems fine at first …