“At first it was, ‘I have no idea what’s going on but it’s probably not life-threatening,’ to ‘this is life-threatening, I need help,’” Mark Dickey said.
after being trapped for more than a week thought he was"probably not going to get out," he said on NBC's"TODAY" show Thursday.
At one point,"I was down to single-word communication, in the fetal position, barely moving," he said, speaking alongside his fiancée, Jessica Van Ord, who aided in his rescue., ascending on a stretcher from his position at a camp about 3,400 feet below the surface, according to the European Cave Rescue Association.in the world, involving more than 150 rescuers and explosions of tight passages to facilitate the mission.
Mark Dickey, center, talks to journalists after being pulled out of Morca cave near Anamur, Turkey, on Tuesday.During the expedition, Dickey began suffering from gastrointestinal bleeding and became unable to exit the cave on his own. Van Ord had to leave his side in order to get him help.
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