Rescuers race to save speleologist Mark Dickey from Turkish cave | USA TODAY

Mark Dickey, a highly trained caver and a cave rescuer, suffered gastrointestinal bleeding during an expedition in Turkey's Morca cave. https://bit.ly/3ZbLQiI

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Efforts are underway to rescue an American speleologist who became trapped after falling ill in a cave in southern Turkey. Turkish and international cave rescue experts are conducting the operation to rescue the speleologist who is trapped at a depth of more than 3,280 feet (1,000 meters). Speleology is the scientific studying of caves.

Mark Dickey, 40, was participating in an international expedition in Morca cave in southern Turkey’s Taurus Mountains when he fell ill with gastrointestinal bleeding said the European Cave Rescue Association.

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