Mark Dickey’s rescue from Turkey’s third deepest cave could take weeks.
An international rescue team is racing against the clock to save an ailing US scientist trapped 3,280 feet underground in Turkey’s third deepest cave.
The Speleological Federation of Turkey reported Wednesday Dickey’s bleeding had stopped — and that he’s able to walk with assistance — but will likely need to be on a stretcher to be moved out of the cave system. It could take anywhere from several days to three weeks to safely hoist Dickey out of his current location, depending on the situation, said Yusuf Ogrenecek, with the caving federation.
“Mark is strong, but he needed his fellow cavers, including, of course, the doctors, to allow a devastatingly scary situation to turn positive,” the parents said. “Our prayers are being answered and we cannot express how much that means, and will always mean, to us.” The rescue team, with participants from Hungary, Bulgaria, Italy, Croatia and Poland, hope the extraction can begin as early as Saturday or Sunday.
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