this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2023
126 points (99.2% liked)

News

23397 readers
3577 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Rescue teams are working to extricate an American researcher after he suddenly fell ill while 3,000 feet deep inside a cave in Turkey.

Mark Dickey, 40, was on an expedition last week with his colleagues in the Morca cave, located in the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey, when he unexpectedly began vomiting due to stomach bleeding. He was unable to leave on his own, prompting the leaders of the expedition to seek international help, the European Cave Rescue Association (ECRA) said in a statement released Thursday.

Recovery teams, doctors and paramedics came from across Europe to assist and extract Dickey, amassing to 190 people from 8 countries who have come to help the cave expert, according to The Associated Press.

top 12 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nl 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well that sounds terrifying.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not too concerned. They can get medicine to him, so as long as that works and his condition improves enough, they can get him out.

If the medicine doesn't work and whatever issues he's facing deteriorates further, then there's a real problem.

Of course the real nightmare is if he's developed a chronic health issue, he'll have to get treated for the rest of his life, here in the States. I'd wish that fate on no one.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

As someone with a chronic health issue that has to live in the States, yes. It sucks. And we have good health insurance.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm guilty of only reading headlines on this story so far. I didn't realize he was a researcher. I thought he was just an adventurer. And I didn't realize he was actually sick. I thought it was yet another case of someone with too much money doing something stupid, so I didn't read further.

That's why you always read further.

[–] Afrazzle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But the headline says "ill US researcher". Did the headline change or am I missing something here.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This headline does. Previous headlines did not.

[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

He's a researcher. He's doing it for scientific reasons and to further the scope of human knowledge. He's not some asshole who just decided to conquer the latest cave. He has a valid reason to be in that cave. You never know what we could learn from such an environment.

[–] woshua@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How bad is this, on a scale of 1 to Floyd Collins?

[–] CandyPants@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That sent me down a wiki rabbit hole. The poor man's body was a tourist attraction..... and someone stole his leg!

[–] reflex@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

someone stole his leg!

What a Nutty Putty to steal a man's leg!

[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Is it bad I saw the picture and thought what happened to V-sause.

Hey guys v-sause Michel here “have you ever been stuck in a cave“

Minus the joke hope the guy recovers and gets out safe