Carl Heitmeyer, an American who helped with the effort to rescue Mark Dickey from a cave in Turkey, says there were “no flat spots to walk on' and “no flat surfaces' inside.
Mark Dickey, an American climbing expert with more than 20 years of experience, addresses supporters for the first time since a health emergency caused him to become trapped 3,000 ft inside one of Turkey's deepest caves.3,000 feet underground in Turkey
Carl Heitmeyer, who told NBC’s"Today" Show on Tuesday that he assisted with communications between Dickey and rescue teams, said it was"great to see him finally get out because it was very dire in the early days of this rescue." "Although cavers can move through there, when you put them in a stretcher it becomes so bulky and rigid it can't bend," Dickey added."That is why it gets so much more complicated when it turns into a rescue." Mark Dickey is a 40-year-old, experienced caver who became seriously ill on Sept. 2 with stomach bleeding.
"Mark Dickey is out of the Morca cave," the federation said in a statement. Dickey was removed from the last exit"He is fine and is being tended to by emergency medical workers in the encampment above," the statement said. American researcher Mark Dickey, center, is pulled out of Morca cave near Anamur, south Turkey, on early Tuesday, Sept. 12.
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