{"id":2030468,"date":"2023-09-13T12:12:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T16:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-researcher-doing-well-after-rescue-from-a-deep-turkish-cave-calling-it-a-crazy-adventure\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T12:13:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T16:13:08","slug":"american-researcher-doing-well-after-rescue-from-a-deep-turkish-cave-calling-it-a-crazy-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-researcher-doing-well-after-rescue-from-a-deep-turkish-cave-calling-it-a-crazy-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"American researcher rescued from deep Turkish cave, describes it as a &#8216;wild adventure&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Famerican-researcher-doing-well-after-rescue-from-a-deep-turkish-cave-calling-it-a-crazy-adventure%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=2030468&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>An American Researcher Rescued After Being \u2063Trapped in a Turkish Cave for Over a \u2062Week<\/h2>\n<p>ISTANBUL\u2014In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-researcher-doing-well-after-rescue-from-a-deep-turkish-cave-calling-it-a-crazy-adventure\/\" title=\"American researcher rescued from deep Turkish cave, describes it as a 'wild adventure'.\">incredible rescue operation<\/a>, \u2064an American researcher has been successfully pulled out of a \u2062cave\u2062 in Turkey where he fell seriously \u200dill \u2063and became trapped 1,000 \u2062meters \u2063below the entrance \u200cfor more than \u200ca week. The news\u2064 of his \u2063rescue has brought cheers and \u2064applause from rescuers across\u200b Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old experienced caver, Mark Dickey, emerged from Morca cave in southern Turkey&#8217;s\u2062 Taurus Mountains at 12:37 a.m. local time on Tuesday. Strapped to\u2062 a \u2062stretcher, he was\u2063 swiftly transported to a hospital in\u2064 the nearby\u2062 city of Mersin by helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Dickey fell \u2062ill on September \u200d2,\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rescue-operation-begins-for-american-stuck-3000-feet-underground\/\" title=\"American trapped 3,000 feet underground, rescue underway.\">experiencing stomach bleeding<\/a>. The cause of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cartel-violence-spills-into-us-as-border-patrol-treats-gunshot-victims\/\" title=\"Cartel Violence Spills Into US as Border Patrol Treats Gunshot Victims\">condition remains unknown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/american-caver-surfaces-from-turkish-cave-after-10-day-rescue-5489996\">American Caver Surfaces From\u200b Turkish Cave After 10-Day \u2062Rescue<\/a> \u2062- \u20639\/12\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/operation-to-extract-american-researcher-from-one-of-the-worlds-deepest-caves-advances-to-700-meters-5489282\">Operation to Extract American Researcher From One \u2062of the World&#8217;s Deepest Caves Advances to 700\u2063 Meters<\/a> &#8211; 9\/11\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lying on the stretcher surrounded by reporters, Mr. Dickey described his nine-day\u200d ordeal as \u2063a &#8220;crazy, crazy adventure.&#8221;\u200d He expressed his \u200cgratitude to the international caving \u200dcommunity, Turkish cavers, and the Hungarian Cave \u2063Rescue team, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Originally from Croton-on-Hudson, New York, Mr. Dickey was part of \u2062an expedition to map the \u200cMorca Cave, Turkey&#8217;s \u200dthird deepest, when he fell ill. Unable to climb\u2063 out on his\u200b own,\u2063 cave rescue teams from \u2062Europe quickly mobilized to save him. \u200dThe operation involved navigating through narrow \u2063passages, setting up temporary camps, and installing ropes \u2064to pull him up vertical shafts on a \u2062stretcher.<\/p>\n<p>Carl Heitmeyer, a\u200b friend of Mr. Dickey&#8217;s, \u200bexpressed relief at seeing him finally rescued, stating that the situation \u200dwas dire in the early\u200b days of the operation.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he believes Mr. Dickey will return to caving, Mr. Heitmeyer replied, &#8220;I hope his mom&#8217;s not \u2063watching, but\u200d I would bet on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>American researcher Mark Dickey \u200d(C) is pulled out of Morca cave near Anamur, south Turkey, on Sept. 12,\u2062 2023. (AFAD\u2063 via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Among the rescuers\u200b who rushed to the Taurus Mountains\u2063 was Dr. Zsofia Zador, a caving enthusiast and medical rescuer from the Hungarian\u200d rescue \u200bteam. She was one of the first to treat Mr. Dickey inside the cave.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Zador, \u200ban anesthesiologist \u200cand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-trial-post-hospital-covid-blood-thinner-ineffective\/\" title=\"UK Trial: Post-Hospital COVID Blood Thinner \u2018Ineffective\u2019\">intensive care specialist<\/a> from \u200bBudapest, quickly rearranged her schedule and gathered her caving \u2063gear and medical equipment to join the rescue\u2063 mission. She \u2062described Mr. Dickey&#8217;s \u2063reaction upon seeing her \u200din the cave as relieved and hopeful.<\/p>\n<p>According\u2064 to Dr.\u200d Zador, Mr. Dickey was\u2063 in a stable condition by the \u2062time she reached him, thanks to the paramedics who had \u200ctreated him well. She mentioned that it was \u2063a tricky situation, as his condition could deteriorate at any moment,\u2063 but he managed \u200bto stay\u2063 conscious throughout the ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>The rescue involved around 190 experts from\u2064 Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, \u200cItaly, Poland, and Turkey, \u200bincluding doctors, paramedics, and experienced cavers. Their combined \u200defforts \u200cand expertise made this daring rescue possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American researcher, was successfully rescued from a cave in Istanbul. After falling ill and being trapped for over a week, Dickey is now in stable condition at a Turkish hospital. Rescuers from Turkey and Europe celebrated his rescue, marking an end to his ordeal 1,000 meters below ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2030469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2030468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2030468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}