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Swansea Valley cave rescue recaptured on BBC docu-drama

Swansea Valley cave rescue recaptured on BBC docu-drama
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Swansea Valley cave rescue recaptured on BBC docu-drama

One of the most astounding cave rescues in modern history is coming to the small screens on Monday when a BBC drama documentary retraces the Ogof…

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Breakfast 20220125 06:34:00

give something back. in his first broadcast interview since his ordeal, george has been speaking to our wales correspondent hywel griffith. did you think that you might not survive? honestly? yes, at times. i sort of flipped between two states. there was the, i m going to fight this thing and i m going to survive state, which then became, i really don t care, and i wish you d stop talking to me, so i could just kind of, you know, let whatever s going to happen happen kind of state. and then i d catch that and start fighting again. i d flip between the two. so it was, it was, it was, it was kind of dark times initially, i guess. back in november, george found himself at the centre of britain s longest ever cave rescue. he d been here in the brecon beacons dozens of times. but on that day, deep underground, his life changed in a split second. the first thing i knew about it was this.

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Breakfast 20220125 06:38:00

sort of tight knit bond between between cavers. so it doesn t surprise me that they achieved what they achieved. so we ve got rope set up 30 metres. despite his injuries, george says he will return to caving. and to show his gratitude, he s training tojoin the team who rescued him. george joining us as a team member, i think that s tremendous. you know, he is an experienced caver. he understands a bit about rescue from the receiving end. i think that would be a real asset to us in that respect. but i think it shows his determination, really, that it s not enough we ve rescued him when he can go back to his caving. he wants to get involved, give something back and actually be one of those that rescues others. i think that s fantastic. i m a caver and i m a diver, and it s what i do. it s what makes me happy. and, you know, i know that whilst something bad did happen to me, the chances of it happening

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News at Ten 20220125 22:25:00

and exposed racism at yorkshire, today s events reveal the long road still to travel. joe wilson, bbc news. the man who spent more than 50 hours underground after being badly injured while caving in the brecon beacons has been back to meet some of the volunteers who saved his life. george linnane fell last november and broke his leg, jaw and several ribs, leaving him in agony and wondering if he d ever get out. more than 300 volunteers from around the ukjoined the extraordinary rescue effort. our correspondent hywel griffith reports. little did i know it was going to turn into a 50, 60 hour epic, whatever it was, where, you know, i could have never come out of there again. this is where george linnane s life changed in an instant. 0gof nynnon ddu, britain s deepest cave system. somewhere he d been dozens of times before, but, last year, deep underground, the rock beneath him crumbled and he fell into the darkness.

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