{"id":2029416,"date":"2023-09-12T15:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T19:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-researcher-rescued-from-cave-in-turkey-after-being-trapped-for-days\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T15:18:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T19:18:49","slug":"u-s-researcher-rescued-from-cave-in-turkey-after-being-trapped-for-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-researcher-rescued-from-cave-in-turkey-after-being-trapped-for-days\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. researcher saved from Turkish cave after days of being trapped."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-researcher-rescued-from-cave-in-turkey-after-being-trapped-for-days%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029416&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">American researcher\u2064 Mark Dickey, center, talks \u2064to journalists \u200bafter \u200cbeing pulled out of Morca cave near Anamur, south Turkey, on early\u200b Tuesday, \u200dSept. 12, 2023, more than \u2063a week \u2063after he became seriously ill 1,000 meters\u200b (more than 3,000 feet) below its entrance. Teams from across Europe \u2064had rushed to Morca cave in southern Turkey\u2019s Taurus Mountains to \u200daid Dickey, a\u200d 40-year-old experienced\u200c caver\u2064 who \u2064became seriously ill on Sept. 2 with stomach bleeding. (Suleyman Cenk Idaye\/IHA via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>12:15 PM \u2013 Tuesday, September 12,\u2064 2023<\/h2>\n<p>On Monday, American researcher Mark Dickey was rescued out of a cave in Turkey after a whole week of being trapped. Officials say that he had become very\u2064 ill and was too frail to make\u2064 his own way out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old researcher had embarked on an exploration mission with a \u200dgroup\u200d of other\u2063 researchers in the Turkish\u2064 Morca \u2062Cave. During his journey, he had reportedly\u200d become seriously ill \u2064with stomach\u200b bleeding when\u2062 he \u200cwas\u2063 more than 3,000 feet below \u200bthe cave\u2019s entrance.<\/p>\n<p>The European Cave Rescue Association \u2063(ECRA) announced \u200dthat it first received a call \u200con \u200cSeptember\u2062 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, notifying them about Dickey\u2019s unfortunate circumstances. An international rescue operation led by approximately 200 \u2062aid\u200c workers had\u2062 rushed\u2064 to treat him\u2064 after the call was made. <\/p>\n<p>The rescue crew came from countries \u2064such as the United States, Hungary, Poland,\u2064 Romania, and Ukraine, along with doctors and paramedics from other countries across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Dickey\u2019s gastrointestinal conditions were so drastic that medics and rescuers had to give him an immediate blood transfusion down in the depths of the\u200b cave. He was physically unable to leave the cave \u2062himself, so \u200cthe rescue personnel carried him out \u200con a stretcher.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish cave reaches depths of up to \u200d4,186 feet and the temperatures deep below are known to\u2063 be extremely wet and \u200ccold, estimated to \u200creach\u2062 39 degrees \u2063Fahrenheit.\u200d <\/p>\n<p>Challenges for rescuers \u2062began during their pull out due\u2064 to the \u200ccave\u2019s steep vertical openings\u2064 and their navigation through mud and water at severe temperatures. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">American \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/researcher?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#researcher<\/a> Mark Dickey Rescued \u2064After 12 days From Cave \u2062in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Turkey?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Turkey<\/a> After Getting Trapped 4,000 \u200cFeet Below Ground <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarkDickey?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarkDickey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldNews?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PublicNews?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PublicNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AHy1gpl4oK\">pic.twitter.com\/AHy1gpl4oK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2062Center Core\u200b News (@CenterCoreNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CenterCoreNews\/status\/1701387315262927339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September\u2063 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Although\u200c Dickey became ill\u2063 on September 2<sup>nd<\/sup>,\u2062 it took\u200c until \u200bthe next day to notify rescuers above ground.<\/p>\n<p>On \u200bTuesday, the Turkish Caving Federation affirmed that the researcher had \u200bbeen successfully removed from the cave at approximately\u2064 12:37 a.m. local time. An experienced medic was alongside him and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-researcher-rescued-from-cave-in-turkey-after-being-trapped-for-days\/\" title=\"U.S. researcher saved from Turkish cave after days of being trapped.\">rescue teams obtained instant updates<\/a> through a special communications line.<\/p>\n<p>Images photographed\u2062 at the scene showed that he was lying back while \u2064being \u2064pulled by harnesses by rescue workers. \u200b <\/p>\n<p>As he lay on the stretcher, Dickey\u2064 told reporters that\u2063 the incident was\u200c a \u201ccrazy, crazy adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt is amazing to be above ground again,\u201d he remarked, praising \u200bthe authorities for saving him. He also expressed gratitude to the Hungarian Cave Rescue, Turkish cavers, and the global cave community.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More than 150 rescuers from across Europe rushed to a cave in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Turkey?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Turkey<\/a> on\u2062 Thursday  to save an American \u2064researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarkDickey?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarkDickey<\/a>, who \u2064became trapped around 1,000 meters below\u200d the surface after suffering\u2063 stomach\u200c bleeding. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rescue?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#rescue<\/a> \u2062is\u2062 expected\u200b to take up \u2064to 10 days \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OAzkgUCdVE\">pic.twitter.com\/OAzkgUCdVE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en)\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/France24_en\/status\/1700167148046316016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Dickey, who is from Croton-on-Hudson, New York, is\u200d an\u200c experienced cave researcher\u200d and climber who had previously taken part\u200b in many international expeditions. He and many others on the mission were mapping the deep Morca\u2063 cave for the Anatolian Speleology Group Association.<\/p>\n<p>Dickey, who began caving in the 1990s, had\u2063 explored caves across\u200d 20 different U.S. states and in 10 countries, according to his non-profit association for cavers called the Caving Academy.<\/p>\n<p>His \u200dparents, Debbie and Andy Dickey, expressed gratitude to the Turkish government, the international \u200bcaving community, and medical professionals and rescuers for \u2062helping to save their \u200cson. They released \u200ba\u200d statement in \u2063which they expressed immense relief\u200c and excitement for his stable condition. <\/p>\n<p>After the American researcher\u2019s \u200brescue, the ECRA proclaimed that Dickey \u200dwould be transferred to a \u2064hospital after a medical\u200d examination.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts \u200ddirectly to \u2063your \u2062inbox for free. 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