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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: Mark Dickey, Recep Salci, Dickey, , , ” Dickey, ECRA, Mark, cavers Organizations: CNN, Turkish, Federation, Rescue, Directorate of Communications, Academy, Rescue Association Locations: Anamur, Turkey, Mersin, Morca Valley, United States, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
CNN —An American man stuck in the third-deepest cave in Turkey after falling ill has said he is “doing well” as rescue operations to retrieve him from hundreds of meters below the surface continue. American caver Mark Dickey, talks to camera inside the Morca cave near Anamur, southern Turkey, on Sept. 7, 2023. Turkish Government Directorate of Communications/AP“As you can see I’m up, I’m alert, I’m talking. Gretchen Baker, from National Cave Rescue Commission (NCRC), who has known and worked with Dickey for several years and has been in communication with the rescue team, expressed cautious optimism about Dickey’s safe passage out of the cave. Despite Dickey’s improving medical situation, Baker said even with him helping, the rescue operation still has some way to go.
Persons: Mark Dickey, Dickey, I’m, , Bulent Genc, Gretchen Baker, CNN’s Isa Soares, Baker, Organizations: CNN, Turkish, Federation, Directorate of Communications, Rescue, Cave Rescue Locations: American, Turkey, Morca Valley, Anamur, Turkish, Cave
CNN —Rescuers are rushing to save an American man trapped in the third deepest cave in Turkey after he became ill, the Turkish Caving Federation said. Some 150 rescuers are involved in a “complex” operation to save Mark Dickey, who was part of a research team in Morca Valley, the Turkish Caving Federation said. Caving rescue workers from several countries have arrived in Turkey to assist in the operation, including Hungarian, Italian, Croatian and American rescuers, according to Genc. The Hungarian Cave Rescue service said that Dickey suffered gastrointestinal bleeding. “Mark is currently residing at the campsite at 1,040 meters from the entrance,” the Turkish Caving Federation said on Wednesday.
Persons: Mark Dickey, , Bulent Genc, Dickey, Mark Organizations: CNN, Turkish, Federation, Twitter Locations: American, Turkey, Morca Valley, Turkish
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