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Man rescued after 53 hours trapped inside one of Britain's deepest caves
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Man rescued after 53 hours trapped inside one of Britain’s deepest caves
By Jennifer Hassan
Today at 8:17 a.m. EST
LONDON — A man rescued after becoming trapped for more than 50 hours in one of Britain’s deepest caves is said to be “doing remarkably well,” relieved emergency responders said Monday, following a major two-day rescue effort involving almost 250 volunteers.
The caver, who has not been identified but is reportedly in his 40s, fell and injured himself Saturday in the Brecon Beacons — a mountain range in South Wales — becoming trapped underground.
Police were alerted to the incident after another caver raised the alarm, according to the BBC.
The vast Ogof Ffynnon Ddu cave network, commonly referred to as OFD, is popular with cavers and is the second-longest in Wales, as well as one of Britain’s deepest, with a deepest point of more than 900 feet, according to the South Wales Caving Club.
Rescuers from across the country joined forces with other cavers and medical experts to help free the man, who was moved on a stretcher by teams who took turns to transport him to the surface. Dramatic photos taken inside the cave show rescuers lifting the man to safety, while balancing on rocky ledges with fast-flowing rivers.
“Its approx. 61km of passages provide everything from huge chambers, beautiful formations, to yawning chasms and thundering river passages,” the club said in an online description of the cave system.
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By Jennifer Hassan
Jennifer Hassan is a London-based breaking-news reporter for the Foreign desk at The Washington Post. Before joining The Post as a social media editor in 2016, Jennifer was global community manager for the international chat app Viber. Jennifer honed her breaking-news skills as the U.K. social media editor at MailOnline. Twitter https://twitter.com/GuinnessKebab
Man rescued after 53 hours trapped inside one of Britain’s deepest caves
By Jennifer Hassan
Today at 8:17 a.m. EST
LONDON — A man rescued after becoming trapped for more than 50 hours in one of Britain’s deepest caves is said to be “doing remarkably well,” relieved emergency responders said Monday, following a major two-day rescue effort involving almost 250 volunteers.
The caver, who has not been identified but is reportedly in his 40s, fell and injured himself Saturday in the Brecon Beacons — a mountain range in South Wales — becoming trapped underground.
Police were alerted to the incident after another caver raised the alarm, according to the BBC.
The vast Ogof Ffynnon Ddu cave network, commonly referred to as OFD, is popular with cavers and is the second-longest in Wales, as well as one of Britain’s deepest, with a deepest point of more than 900 feet, according to the South Wales Caving Club.
Rescuers from across the country joined forces with other cavers and medical experts to help free the man, who was moved on a stretcher by teams who took turns to transport him to the surface. Dramatic photos taken inside the cave show rescuers lifting the man to safety, while balancing on rocky ledges with fast-flowing rivers.
“Its approx. 61km of passages provide everything from huge chambers, beautiful formations, to yawning chasms and thundering river passages,” the club said in an online description of the cave system.
{snip}
By Jennifer Hassan
Jennifer Hassan is a London-based breaking-news reporter for the Foreign desk at The Washington Post. Before joining The Post as a social media editor in 2016, Jennifer was global community manager for the international chat app Viber. Jennifer honed her breaking-news skills as the U.K. social media editor at MailOnline. Twitter https://twitter.com/GuinnessKebab