Rescuers in Turkey said this morning that they're ready to begin the process of freeing an ill American caver stuck more than 3,000 feet underground in the Morca cave, the third-deepest cave in the country. Mark Dickey, 40, said in a video yesterday that he is recovering after suffering gastrointestinal bleeding last weekend, and there is now a doctor and a paramedic with him in the cave. “As you can see, I’m up, I’m alert, I’m talking, but I’m not healed on the inside yet, so I’m going to need a lot of help to get out of here," he said. Doctors said Dickey is well enough to be slowly extricated from the cave starting this weekend. Here's the latest. |
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