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