Bleeding and trapped 1,000m down: How I escaped death underground
When US researcher Mark Dickey became seriously ill while caving, a mammoth rescue operation began. Now, he explains his battle to survive
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When US researcher Mark Dickey became seriously ill while caving, a mammoth rescue operation began. Now, he explains his battle to survive
Mark Dickey spoke to ABC News' "Good Morning America" about the dramatic rescue.
Mark Dickey spent 12 days more than 3,400 feet underground in a Turkish cave after he fell ill on August 31
American caver Mark Dickey said he could tell he was "pretty close to fading" after he fell ill while on an expedition to map a 4,186-foot-deep cave system in southern Turkey. The 40-year-old New Jersey native and New York resident was more than 3,400 feet below the surface inside the Morca Cave in the Taurus Mountains on Aug. 31 when he "suddenly became ill with intestinal problems that rapidly progressed into life-threatening bleeding and vomiting," according to the New Jersey Initial Response Team, a group of volunteers led by Dickey who specialize in cave and mine resc...
American caver Mark Dickey spoke out after being rescued from a Turkish cave where he suffered gastrointestinal bleeding. He credits his save to his fiancé and over 200 rescuers.