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ANKARA (Reuters) - An American caver who had become trapped more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) underground in southern Turkey has been moved closer to the surface and is expected to be rescued by Tuesday morning, rescuers said. Previous footage from the operation showed Dickey lying inside the cave and receiving treatment by a medical team. It is a very particular phase of the cave here because there are so many slopes it is a bit tricky," Giuseppe Conti, European Cave Rescue Association technical commission chairperson, told reporters. More than 150 rescuers from Turkey and other countries have been working for days to rescue him from the country's third deepest cave. "The rescue operation will continue from the -180 meters after Mark has rested at the camp here for a while.
Persons: Mark Dickey, Tulga Sener, Dickey, Sener, Mark, Giuseppe Conti, Conti, Ali Kucukgocmen, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Cave Rescue, Rescue Association, Speleological Federation of, Ece Locations: ANKARA, American, Turkey, Mersin, Cave, Speleological Federation of Turkey
REUTERS/Umit Bektas Acquire Licensing RightsMERSIN, Turkey, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Rescuers raced on Sunday to rescue an American caver who had become trapped more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) underground in southern Turkey, moving him halfway to the surface. More than 150 rescuers from Turkey and other countries have been working for days to rescue him from the country's third deepest cave. "Our medical team is working really hard to try to keep Mark's condition as stable as possible. Since yesterday, we started lifting the stretcher and transporting him through the cave," Giuseppe Conti, European Cave Rescue Association technical commission chairperson, told reporters. Mark's medical condition right now is very good," said Tulga Sener, medical coordinator for the cave rescue commission.
Persons: caver Mark Dickey, Umit, Mark Dickey, Giuseppe Conti, Mark, Jessica Van Ord, Tulga Sener, Cenk, Dickey, Ali Kucukgocmen, Huseyin Hayatsever, Giles Elgood Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Rescue Association, Bulent Usta, Thomson Locations: Anamur, Mersin province, Turkey, Rights MERSIN, American, Mersin, Cenk Yildiz
'I'm up, I'm alert,' says U.S. cave explorer trapped in Turkey
  + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
MERSIN, Turkey, Sept 8 (Reuters) - An American cave explorer trapped more than 1,000 metres underground in a cave in southern Turkey has recorded a video message to say he was up and alert after a team of rescuers reached him with medical supplies. More than 150 rescuers from Turkey and other nations have been working to save him. "Hi, I'm Mark Dickey from nearly a thousands metres," Dickey said in the message, dressed in a red puffer jacket and using a headlamp. "As you can see, I'm up, I'm alert, I'm talking. But I'm not healed on the inside yet, so I'm going to need a lot of help to get out of here," he said.
Persons: Mark Dickey, Dickey, I'm, Sener, Recep Salci, Salci, Ali Kucukgocmen, Daren Butler, Ros Russell Organizations: Emergency Management, REUTERS Acquire, Reuters, Thomson Locations: MERSIN, Turkey, American, Mersin, Turkish, Anamur, Mersin province
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