Turkish officials say an American researcher who was pulled out of a deep Turkish cave after becoming too sick to climb out on his own is doing well in a Turkish hospital.
ISTANBUL — An American researcher was "doing well" at a Turkish hospital, officials said Tuesday, afterout of a cave where he fell seriously ill and became trapped more than 3,000 feet below its entrance for over a week.
Dickey, who is from Croton-on-Hudson, New York, was part of an expedition to map the Morca Cave, Turkey's third deepest, when he became sick. As he was too frail to climb out himself, cave rescue teams from Europe scrambled to help save him, mounting a challenging operation that involved pulling him up the cave's steep vertical sections and navigating through mud and water at low temperatures in the horizontal sections.
Asked whether he believes Dickey would return to caving, Heitmeyer said: "I hope his mom's not watching, but I would bet on it." The 34-year-old quickly arranged for a colleague to take her shift and rushed to gather her caving gear and medical equipment, before taking a plane to Turkey to join the rescue mission, she told The Associated Press by telephone from the camp near the entrance of the cave."He was relieved, and he was hopeful," she said when asked to describe Dickey's reaction when he saw her in the cave. "He was quite happy. We are good friends.
Around 190 experts from Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Turkey took part in the rescue, including doctors, paramedics and experienced cavers. Teams comprised of a doctor and three to four other rescuers took turns staying by his side at all times.
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