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It here on bbc news. the man who spent more than 50 hours underground after being badly injured while caving in the brecon beacons has been back to meet some of the volunteers who saved his life. george linnane fell last november and broke his leg, jaw and several ribs — leaving him in agony and wondering if hed ever get out. more than 300 volunteers from around the ukjoined the extraordinary rescue effort. our correspondent hywel griffith reports. little did i know it was going to turn into a...

Longest ever cave rescue. hed been here in the brecon beacons dozens of times. but on that day, deep underground, his life changed in a split second. the first thing i knew about it was this... ..instantaneous feeling of legs whirling around in mid—air and arms grabbing for something and just this kind of feeling that, you know, one second i was caving, the next minute the world went mad. and then it all went black. and then two minutes later, i kind of woke up in a very different state to... ...

Changed in an instant. 0gof nynnon ddu, britains deepest cave system. somewhere hed been dozens of times before, but, last year, deep underground, the rock beneath him crumbled and he fell into the darkness. the first thing i knew about it was this instantaneous feeling of legs whirling around in midairand arms grabbing for something. 0ne second, i was caving, the next, the world went mad. it all went black and, two minutes later, i woke up in a very different state to when id started. george br...

This is where george linnanes life changed in an instant — 0gof nynnon ddu, britains deepest cave system, somewhere hed been dozens of times before. but last year, deep underground, the rock beneath him crumbled and he fell into the darkness. the first thing i knew about it was this instantaneous feeling of legs whirling around in midair and arms grabbing for something. 0ne second i was caving. the next minute the world went mad. it all went black, and two minutes later, i woke up in a very di...

The extraordinary rescue effort. our correspondent hywel griffith reports. little did i know it was going to turn into a 50, 60—hour epic, whatever it was, where, you know, i could have never come out of there again. this is where george linnanes life changed in an instant. ogof nynnon ddu, britains deepest cave system. somewhere hed been dozens of times before, but, last year, deep underground, the rock beneath him crumbled and he fell into the darkness. the first thing i knew about it was th...

Talk to you. good _ world for us, victoria. very nice to talk to you. good luck, _ world for us, victoria. very nice to talk to you. good luck, thank - world for us, victoria. very nice to talk to you. good luck, thank you | talk to you. good luck, thank you very much. he was in a good mood. the caver trapped in the brecon beacons in what became britains longest cave rescue has been reunited with the volunteers that saved his life. george linnane broke his leg, jaw and ribs in a fall underground...

Somewhere hed been dozens of times before, but last year, deep underground, the rock beneath him crumbled and he fell into the darkness. the first thing i knew about it was this instantaneous feeling of legs whirling around in midair and arms grabbing for something. 0ne second i was caving. the next, the world went mad. it all went black, and two minutes later, i woke up in a very different state to when id started. george broke his leg, jaw and several ribs. he was bleeding heavily. as a friend...

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The caver trapped in the brecon beacons in what became britains longest cave rescue has been reunited with the volunteers that saved his life. george linnane broke his leg, jaw and ribs in a fall underground and was stuck there for sa hours before 300 caving volunteers from all over the uk worked together to rescue him. george is now training to join a rescue team, as hywel griffith reports. did you think that you might not survive? honestly? yes, at times. i sort of flipped between two states. ...

Russias brutal assault unfolds. deep underground, scenes reminiscent of the second world war, the shock just zipsinking that what was unimaginable is now reality, as 36-year-old darya tells us. >> you wake up and you find out that the world is no longer the safe place you imagined. we are an independent country, ukraine, and we are not the same as russia and we dont want to be a part of russia or any other country. i cannot believe its happening really. >> reporter: yesterday this was just an or...