Operation to Extract American Researcher From One of the World’s Deepest Caves Advances to 700 Meters

A European Cave Rescue Association (ECRA) member, goes down into the Morca cave near Anamur, southern Turkey, on Sept. 8, 2023. Khalil Hamra/AP Photo

TASELI PLATEAU, Turkey—Rescue teams on Sunday in Turkey successfully carried an American researcher up from the depth of a cave at 1,040 meters (3,410 feet) to the 700-meter (2,297 feet) mark where he will rest at a base camp before they continue the taxing journey to the surface.