Turkish Government Directorate of Communications via Associated Press

Turkey Cave Rescue

In this screen grab from video, American caver Mark Dickey, 40, talks to a camera next to a colleague inside the Morca cave near Anamur, southern Turkey, on Thursday, Sept. 7. Turkish and international cave rescue experts are working to save an American speleologist trapped at a depth of more than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) in a cave in southern Turkey after he became ill.