Mark Dickey is being transported on a stretcher, the Turkish Caving Federation said Saturday. It could take days before Dickey and the rescue team reach the surface.
. A team reached Mark Dickey, 40, and started to transport him on a stretcher out of the cave just before 3:30 p.m. local time, the Turkish Caving Federation said Saturday in a post on the social media platform X.Khalil Hamra / AP
"This afternoon, the operation to move him from his camp at 1040 meters to the camp at 700 meters began," Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate told The Associated Press. "I look forward to working with everyone to safely get myself out with their assistance," he said."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."Dickey was on the trip with his fiancée, Jessica, also a caver. Carl Heitmeyer, public information officer for the New Jersey Initial Response Team, had said Thursday she would exit the cave ahead of his rescue.
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