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Mustafa Unal Uysal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Mark Dickey, 40, had been trapped inside the Morca Cave in southern Turkey's 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 the cave around 12:37 a.m. local time on Tuesday, the Turkish Caving Federation announced, describin...

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...