The Turkish Caving Federation said the effort to rescue Mark Dickey, 40, is one of the largest cave rescues in the world.
Rescuers in Turkey are preparing a complex effort to reach an American who has fallen ill and has been trapped in a cave since Saturday, officials said.
The Hungarian Cave Rescue Service said it received a call on Saturday saying a caver inside the around 4,100-foot deep cave was suffering gastrointestinal bleeding and needed help. Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, part of the Interior Ministry, said that it had teams on standby and was working in coordination with the Turkish Caving Federation.Dickey is an instructor with the National Cave Rescue Commission, and has been for 10 years, said Gretchen Baker, the group's national coordinator.Dickey is being cared for by doctors and is with his fiancée Jessica, who is also a caver, his parents Andrew and Deborah Ann Dickey said in a statement.
"Our prayers are being answered and we cannot express how much that means, and will always mean, to us," they added.
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