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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
MERSIN, Turkey (Reuters) - A team of rescuers are ready to start moving an American cave explorer trapped more than 1,000 metres (3,280.84 ft) underground in southern Turkey and will have him out "within several days," Mersin Governor Ali Hamza Pehlivan said on Saturday. More than 150 rescuers from Turkey and other nations have been working to save him from the country's third deepest cave. "Depending on the developments at the stations in between, hopefully the evacuation will have been completed within several days," Pehlivan told reporters. Footage from the operation showed Dickey lying inside the cave and receiving treatment by a medical team. "This is a vertical cave with a lot of water," Agnes Berentes, a photographer with Dickey on the mission, told Reuters.
Persons: Ali Hamza Pehlivan, Mark Dickey, Pehlivan, Carl Heitmeyer, Dickey, Agnes Berentes, Recep Salci, Ali Kucukgocmen, Huseyin Hayatsever, Richard Chang Organizations: New, Reuters Locations: MERSIN, Turkey, American, Mersin, New Jersey
[1/5] U.S. caver Mark Dickey is seen in Morca Cave, days before he fell ill and became trapped some 1,000 meters (3,280 ft) underground, near Anamur in Mersin province, southern Turkey August 28, 2023. REUTERS/Agnes Berentes Acquire Licensing RightsMERSIN, Turkey, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A team of rescuers are ready to start moving an American cave explorer trapped more than 1,000 metres (3,280.84 ft) underground in southern Turkey and will have him out "within several days," Mersin Governor Ali Hamza Pehlivan said on Saturday. More than 150 rescuers from Turkey and other nations have been working to save him from the country's third deepest cave. Footage from the operation showed Dickey lying inside the cave and receiving treatment by a medical team. "This is a vertical cave with a lot of water," Agnes Berentes, a photographer with Dickey on the mission, told Reuters.
Persons: caver Mark Dickey, Agnes Berentes, Ali Hamza Pehlivan, Mark Dickey, Pehlivan, Carl Heitmeyer, Dickey, Recep Salci, Ali Kucukgocmen, Huseyin Hayatsever, Richard Chang Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, New, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Cave, Anamur, Mersin province, Turkey, Rights MERSIN, American, Mersin, New Jersey
'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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