Medical teams have been treating Mark Dickey for gastrointestinal bleeding while over 3,000 feet deep in a cave.
Medical teams have been treating him while more than 3,000 feet deep in a cave.
Rescue effort underway for Mark Dickey, Westchester County man trapped 3,000 feet down in cave in Turkey"The reality is there's going to be a lot of vertical challenges where they may have to haul him up 10 feet, transfer him over a couple of feet and then haul him up again, so this is a very slow process that is time-consuming and that they have to be careful as they do that,' rescue expert Greg Moore said.Rescuers plan to use explosives to expand some of the more narrow passages.
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