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Dickey, 40, was removed safely from cave following international rescue operation involving more than 150 participants.

TASELI PLATEAU, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers pulled an American researcher from New York out of a Turkish cave early Tuesday, more than a week after he became seriously ill more than 3,000 feet below its en...

Mark Dickey is brought out after getting trapped in the Morca Cave for more than a week when he fell ill.

An American cave explorer was rescued after a dayslong mission when he fell ill at more than 3,000 feet underground.

TASELI PLATEAU, Turkiye (AP) – A rescue team from across Europe early Tuesday successfully pulled an American researcher out of a cave in Turkiye, more than a week after he became seriously ill 1,000 metres below its entrance, officials said. The team rushed to Morca cave in southern Turkiye’s Taurus Mountains and banded-up to aid […]

Mustafa Unal Uysal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Mark Dickey, 40, had been trapped inside the Morca Cave in southern Turkeys Taurus Mountains since Aug. 31, when he fell ill more than 3,400 feet below the surface, according to the New Jersey Initial Response Team, a group he leads. "It is amazing to be above ground again," Dickey told reporters after the rescue, according to Reuters. "I was underground far longer than ever expected." Dickey was extracted from t...

Drone footage shows the moment Mark Dickey is rescued from Morca Cave on Tuesday.

(CNN) — A dramatic and complex international rescue operation to save an American man from one of Turkey’s deepest caves ended successfully on Tuesday – more than a week after

American explorer rescued from deepest cave in the world

U.S. researcher Mark Dickey, trapped in Türkiye's third-deepest cave for days, was rescued at 12:37 a.m. local time Tuesday, more than a week after...