US researcher 'doing well' in Turkish hospital after cave rescue | Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter
Mark Dickey became seriously ill and was trapped 1,000m below the cave entrance for more than a week.
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Mark Dickey became seriously ill and was trapped 1,000m below the cave entrance for more than a week.
A major rescue operation took place in Turkey’s Taurus Mountains after US researcher Mark Dickey got trapped. Here is what happened.
Mark Dickey became seriously ill and was trapped 1,000m below the cave entrance for more than a week.
Rescuers from Turkey and across Europe cheered and clapped as Mark Dickey, a 40-year-old experienced caver, emerged from Morca cave in southern Turkey’s Taurus Mountains strapped to a stretcher at 12:37 a.m. local time Tuesday. Dickey fell ill on Sept. 2 with stomach bleeding. A well-known cave researcher and a cave rescuer who had participated in many international expeditions, Dickey thanked the international caving community, Turkish cavers and Hungarian Cave Rescue, among others.
TASELI PLATEAU, Turkey -- Rescuers pulled an American researcher out of a Turkish cave early today, more than a week after he became seriously ill more than 3,000 feet below its entrance, the Speleological Federation of Turkey said.