John was married to Emily, the couple had one child and his wife was pregnant with another baby. The entrance hole was filled with concrete to prevent further access, and the family placed a headstone in his memory. Had he not been in such a disadvantageous position, probably with more time to work the rescue teams would have been successful.Īfter his death, they concluded that it would be too dangerous to try to recover his body, so the cave owner and John’s family came to an agreement that the cave would be permanently closed with the body inside, with a memorial to John.Įxplosives were used to bring down the ceiling near Jones’ body. Because he was upside down, his heart and lung began to fail, leading to cardiac arrest. The teams had difficulty keeping him conscious and breathing. The operation in total lasted 26 hours, until John died. It was only a short time before John was able to escape the most difficult part of the cave.
They managed to lift for a few meters until a pulley broke. The rescue teams, totaling about 50 people, arrived quickly, but it took several hours to find him in the maze of the cave, as he was almost 400 feet from the entrance.Īfter much study of the situation, with the aid of ropes and pulleys, the rescue team secured John’s legs and began to perform the movement to lift him. His brother arrived a little later, tried to help him at that moment, but it was in vain. When he realized he could no longer go back, and the only movement he could make was forward, until he got stuck and could no longer make movements in any direction.Īt that moment John, who is 6 feet tall and weighs 190 pounds, was stuck in a hole 10 inches wide and 18 inches high. In addition, John was upside down, which would become a major problem in the rescue. However, it was an unexplored and unmapped region. He thought he had found it, so he went deeper and deeper into the narrow. John was looking for a part called The Birth Canal.
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