00:00 The American man who fell ill and became trapped in a cave he was exploring in southern Turkey
00:05 spoke up from some 3,000 feet underground.
00:08 Mark Dickey thanked the Turkish government and Turkish cavers, adding that it is a great
00:13 opportunity to show just how well the international world can work together.
00:18 The Guardian reports over 150 rescuers raced to reach Dickey, who developed gastrointestinal
00:24 bleeding while deep inside the Morca cave.
00:26 Reuters reports Turkey's Caving Federation said the operation is logistically and technically
00:32 one of the largest cave rescues in the world.
00:35 Turkish and international teams set up tents and cables outside the sinkhole, which is
00:40 Turkey's third largest, at an altitude of 7,000 feet.
00:43 "As you can see I'm up, I'm alert, I'm talking, but I'm not healed on the inside yet, so I
00:50 need a lot of help to get out of here."
