Mark Dickey: US explorer freed from one of Turkey's deepest caves
Mark Dickey is brought out after getting trapped in the Morca Cave for more than a week when he fell ill.
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Mark Dickey is brought out after getting trapped in the Morca Cave for more than a week when he fell ill.
Mark Dickey, who was on an expedition to map the country's third deepest cave, became seriously ill more than a week ago. Rescuers retrieved him from nearly 1,000 meters below the cave's entrance.
The American caver trapped underground in Turkey has been hoisted to safety.
Mark Dickey started suffering from stomach bleeding, 1,000m deep into one of the deepest cave systems in the world in the Morca cave in southern Turkey’s Taurus Mountains
Rescuers pulled an American researcher out of a Turkish cave on Monday, more than a week after he became seriously ill 1,000 meters (more than 3,000 feet) below its entrance, said the Speleological Federation of Turkey.