The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Cave/Cliff team assisted in a cave rescue in Van Buren County on Friday evening after a 72-year old male caver became trapped in a pit after a boulder rolled down a slope and landed on his pelvis.
He was trapped for over nine hours.
More than 25 volunteers from the Cave/Cliff team responded to the call. Rescuers used special equipment to move the rock away from the patient's body and successfully extracted him from the cave around
10:45 p.m.. EST.
He was transported to Erlanger Medical Center by Life Force.