Mark Dickey got stuck deep in a cave when he became seriously ill during a descent in southern Turkey.
, who got stuck more than 3,000 feet underground when he became seriously ill during a cave descent in southern Turkey.
Scores of international rescuers descended on the Morca cave system last week as the plan to save Dickey took shape. The speleologist, or cave expert, was hit with gastric pain that turned into bleeding and vomiting over a week ago while helping to chart the cave system — the country's third deepest and sixth longest — leaving him stuck well below the surface.
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