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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 he'd 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 50, 60—hour epic, whatever it was, where, you know, i could have never come out of there again. ...

Longest ever cave rescue. he'd 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... to when i'd started. his friend went to raise the alarm. george had broken his leg, his jaw, severa...

Changed in an instant. 0gof nynnon ddu, britain's deepest cave system. somewhere he'd 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 i'd started. george broke his leg, jaw and several ribs. he was bleeding heavily. as a friend went for help, he wrestle...

This is where george linnane's life changed in an instant — 0gof nynnon ddu, britain's deepest cave system, somewhere he'd 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 different state to when i'd started. george broke his leg, jaw and several ribs. he was bleeding he...

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 linnane's life changed in an instant. ogof nynnon ddu, britain's deepest cave system. somewhere he'd 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. one se...