Rescue begins of ailing US researcher stuck 3,000 feet inside a Turkish cave, Turkish officials say
Source: AP
Updated 11:45 AM CDT, September 9, 2023
TASELI PLATEAU, Turkey (AP) — Rescue teams began the arduous process Saturday of extricating an American researcher who became seriously ill while he was 1,000 meters (3,000 feet) below the entrance of a cave in Turkey, officials said.
It could take days to bring Mark Dickey to the surface since rescuers anticipate he will have to stop and rest frequently at camps set up along the way as they pull his stretcher through the narrow passages.
“This afternoon, the operation to move him from his camp at 1040 meters to the camp at 700 meters began,” Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate, AFAD, told The Associated Press.
The 40-year-old experienced caver began vomiting on Sept. 2 because of stomach bleeding while on an expedition with a handful of others in the Morca cave in southern Turkey’s Taurus Mountains.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/turkey-cave-rescue-researcher-59f047d7ba9ea3c4f5d7543d9011a222
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system for the Turkish government. However, there's this from the AP:
Dickey was described by the association as “a highly trained caver and a cave rescuer himself” who is well known as a cave researcher, or speleologist, from his participation in many international expeditions. He is secretary of the association’s medical committee.
https://apnews.com/article/american-cave-explorer-ill-trapped-turkey-c9d4ac9ede90e6fe145e9bcf815b4ad8
It's an interesting article with a lot of information. If I was sick so far under ground (not a chance!) that it took "runners" 5 - 7 hours just to get a message to the surface and another 5 - 7 to return, the various organizations involved are the ones I'd want coming to my rescue.
Caves terrify me. I don't even like to go under overhanging rocks and cliff faces. And being seriously ill to boot ... 
