Turkish officials say an American researcher who was pulled out of a deep Turkish cave after becoming too sick to climb out on his own is doing well in a Turkish hospital.
In this photo released by Turkish government's Search and Rescue agency AFAD, American researcher Mark Dickey, center, is pulled out of Morca cave near Anamur, south Turkey, on early Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.
Lying on the stretcher surrounded by reporters shortly after his rescue, he described his nine-day ordeal as a “crazy, crazy adventure.”“It is amazing to be above ground again,” he said. 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.
“It was great to see him finally get out because it was very dire in the early days of this rescue,” Carl Heitmeyer of the New Jersey Initial Response Team and a friend of Dickey’s told NBC’s “Today” show. Zador, an anesthesiologist and intensive care specialist from Budapest, was on her way to the hospital to start her early morning shift on Sept. 2, when she got news of Dickey’s condition.
“It was a tricky situation because sometimes he was quite stable and it felt like he could get out on his own, but he could once again,” she said. “Luckily he didn’t lose any consciousness and he saw the situation through.”
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
American researcher doing well after rescue from a deep Turkish cave, calling it a 'crazy adventure'Turkish officials say an American researcher who was pulled out of a deep Turkish cave after becoming too sick to climb out on his own was doing well in a Turkish hospital
Read more »
American researcher doing well after rescue from a deep Turkish cave, calling it a 'crazy adventure'Turkish officials say an American researcher who was pulled out of a deep Turkish cave after becoming too sick to climb out on his own was doing well in a Turkish hospital.
Read more »
American researcher doing well after rescue from a deep Turkish cave, calling it a 'crazy adventure'Turkish officials say an American researcher who was pulled out of a deep Turkish cave after becoming too sick to climb out on his own was doing well in a Turkish hospital.
Read more »
American researcher doing well after rescue from a deep Turkish cave, calling it a 'crazy adventure'Turkish officials say an American researcher who was pulled out of a deep Turkish cave after becoming too sick to climb out on his own was doing well in a Turkish hospital.
Read more »
American researcher doing well after rescue from a deep Turkish cave, calling it a 'crazy adventure'Turkish officials say an American researcher who was pulled out of a deep Turkish cave after becoming too sick to climb out on his own was doing well in a Turkish hospital.
Read more »
Trapped American caver Mark Dickey could be brought to surface today or tomorrow, Turkish officials sayMark Dickey, an American researcher trapped more than 3,000 feet inside of a cave in Turkey, could be removed as early as tonight, officials say.
Read more »