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190 personnel from 8 countries are involved in helping experienced caver Mark Dickey out of one of the world’s deepest caves after he fell seriously ill.
TASELI PLATEAU, Turkey 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.
Efforts are underway to rescue a New York cave researcher who has been trapped under 3,000 ft underground, the media reported.Mark Dickey, an experienced caver and chief of the New Jersey Initial Response Team, who usually rescues others, fell .