Injured caver rescued after 18 hours
Kočevje, 22 February - An injured caver has been rescued from a cave near Kočevje in the south of the country 18 hours after he slipped and plunged about six metres deep to around 160 metres underground. Walter Zakrajšek, the head of the cave rescue service, described the rescue operation as excellent.
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Rescuers and a doctor with an injured caver at the Pri Jelen Brdu Cave.
Photo: Mitja Remih
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A cave rescuer uses a hand driller to widen a passage leading out of the Pri Jelen Brdu Cave to bring out an injured caver.
Photo: Cave Rescue Service
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A cave rescue under way at the Pri Jelen Brdu Cave.
Photo: Cave Rescue Service
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Maks Merela, head of the international cave rescue unit, speaks about the rescue of an injured caver from the Pri Jelen Brdu Cave.
Photo: Aleš Kocjan/STA
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Maks Merela, head of the international cave rescue unit, and Walter Zakrajšek, head of the cave rescue service, speak about the rescue of an injured caver from the Pri Jelen Brdu Cave.
Photo: Aleš Kocjan/STA
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Rescue of caver underway in Pri Jelen Brdu cave.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA
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Rescue of caver underway in Pri Jelen Brdu cave.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA
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Rescue of caver underway in Pri Jelen Brdu cave.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA
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Rescue of caver underway in Pri Jelen Brdu cave.
Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA
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