American caver stuck 17 miles under the Earth in Turkey

Mark Dickey is an American cave explorer who has charted areas deep underground that had never been explored by humans before. During a recent expedition in Turkey, he became ill and got stuck there. Now, a multinational rescue effort is underway. The World’s Carol Hills talks with Carl Heitmeyer, one of Dickey’s friends and an expert caver himself. 

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