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Rescuers pulled an American researcher out of a Turkish cave more than a week after he became seriously ill 3,000 feet below its entrance, Turkish officials said.
The Speleological Federation of Turkey says rescuers have pulled an American researcher out of a Turkish cave more than a week after he became seriously ill 1,000 meters (more than 3,000 feet) below its entrance.
An international team of rescuers on Tuesday pulled to safety a US explorer who spent nine days trapped deep in the narrow tunnels of a Turkish cave with internal bleeding.
Mark Dickey had been trapped underground in a cave in Turkey since Aug. 31, when he fell ill more than 3,400 feet below the surface.
More than 150 people were involved in efforts to save caver Mark Dickey