Trapped American caver's evacuation advances, passing camp 1,000 feet below surface
"The stretcher with Mark reached the level -300m," or about 984 feet underground, the Hungarian Cave Rescue Service said in an update posted Monday morning. LONDON -- The evacuation of an American caver trapped underground in Turkey continued overnight, as a rescue team carrying him on a stretcher passed through a rest camp about 1,000 feet underground, international caving officials said. Mark Dickey, 40, has been trapped underground since Aug. 31, when he fell ill more than 3,400 feet below the surface , according to the New Jersey Initial Response Team, a group he leads. A team that includes medical staff began an evacuation late last week, after his condition improved enough to move him, caving officials said. "The stretcher with Mark reached the level -300m," or about 984 feet underground, the Hungarian Cave Rescue Service said in an update posted Monday morning. Chairperson of ECRA Technical Commission Giuseppe Conti and Head of Turkey's Caving Federat...