A specialized rescue crew of more than 60 individuals successfully rescued a researcher from one of the deepest caves in Texas.
The woman, who was part of a statewide research team, was hit by a dislodged rock in Sorcerer's Cave, located on private land in remote Terrell County, Sunday morning that resulted in head and back injuries nearly 500 feet below the surface.
According to FOX 7, the rescue mission took nearly 17 hours, “including a nine-hour technical rescue operation through some of the most challenging vertical terrain in the state.”
The rescue team had to weave the woman through narrow “squeezes,” including one that measured just 12 inches by 36 inches, as well as vertical pits ranging from 30 to 90 feet in depth.
Eventually, she was pulled from the cave around 4:45am and immediately airlifted to a hospital in Odessa. Officials did not release her condition, but stated she was stable.
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