The European Cave Rescue Association (ECRA) received a call on September 2 saying that he was experiencing severe gastric pain.
American caver Mark Dickey, 40, had been trapped inside the Morca Sinkhole in southern Turkey.
Turkish Government Directorate of Communications/APAn international rescue operation led by at least 200 aid workers began on Saturday.
Italian Alpine Rescue/ReutersThe Turkish Caving Federation said Dickey was removed from the last exit of the cave at 12:37 am local time, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
He is also a medical commission secretary at the European Cave Rescue Association, and the executive director at Caving Academy.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
Anamur, Turkey, Mersin, Morca Valley, United States, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Ukraine