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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Thu May 26, 2016, 06:39 PM May 2016

Official: 19 people trapped by rising water in Kentucky cave

Source: Associated Press

Official: 19 people trapped by rising water in Kentucky cave

Updated 5:19 pm, Thursday, May 26, 2016

HORSE CAVE, Ky. (AP) — Two tour groups exploring a Kentucky cave were trapped Thursday by rising water, leaving 19 people missing — including two police officers who tried to reach them, authorities said.

The tourists and officers were trapped in Hidden River Cave in south-central Kentucky.

Rescue teams, including members of a dive squad, had reached the cave but had not yet ventured inside, Horse Cave Fire Chief Donnie Parker said. He said the tour groups had been inside for several hours and authorities weren't sure where they were in the cave.

. . .

Parker said two local police officers who tried to rescue the tourists were among those still inside. He said four people were able to escape but didn't have details about how they got out.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Official-19-people-trapped-by-rising-water-in-7948019.php



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Official: 19 people trapped by rising water in Kentucky cave (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2016 OP
Yuck. LisaM May 2016 #1
Oh no! JudyM May 2016 #2
Remind me why I am afraid of caves. gordianot May 2016 #3
Going in a wet cave during heavy rain = stupid alfredo May 2016 #4
Update: Trapped group escapes Kentucky cave through neck-deep water Judi Lynn May 2016 #5
Yay! NoAssumptionsPls May 2016 #6
Glad everyone is OK. nt femmocrat May 2016 #7
Wonderful! The article does not really tack down Hortensis May 2016 #8
I'm really glad they all got out okay. MH1 May 2016 #9
My Neighborhood! Bayard May 2016 #10
I remember a trip to Mammoth cave when I was like 7. It was so beautiful! Marrah_G May 2016 #12
Oh that is terrifying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Marrah_G May 2016 #11
HOW Scary proud patriot May 2016 #13

gordianot

(15,226 posts)
3. Remind me why I am afraid of caves.
Thu May 26, 2016, 06:43 PM
May 2016

Also remind me why I have explored caves in groups and stopped doing that 20 years ago.

Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
5. Update: Trapped group escapes Kentucky cave through neck-deep water
Thu May 26, 2016, 06:46 PM
May 2016

Trapped group escapes Kentucky cave through neck-deep water

Updated 5:42 pm, Thursday, May 26, 2016



HORSE CAVE, Ky. (AP) — A group of college students trapped for hours by rising water in a Kentucky cave waded through neck-deep water to get out, authorities said Thursday.

The 19 people trapped included two police officers who tried to reach them, Hart County Emergency Management Director Kerry McDaniel said. The students from Clemson University in South Carolina were exploring the cave when torrential rains hit the region, he said.

The students went into Hidden River Cave about 10 a.m. CDT Thursday and emerged about 4:30 p.m., McDaniel said. They walked out on their own and were checked for hypothermia but declined further medical attention, he said.

"When they came out of the cave, they were neck-deep in water," he said.

More:
http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Official-19-people-trapped-by-rising-water-in-7948019.php

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. Wonderful! The article does not really tack down
Thu May 26, 2016, 07:02 PM
May 2016

that the officers were among those who got out, rather than just among those trapped, but presumably that's just bad writing.

I'm glad I didn't see this until the good news was posted, because it gave me a real little clutch. I was lost in a cave in Mexico for about a minute when a guide's light went out. I'd strolled away to examine another area leading farther back, but I realized I couldn't tell just where his voice was coming from as he tried to figure out what was wrong with his light, and it was too real for that minute. Couldn't see your hand in front of your eyes, so certainly couldn't see the holes in the floor opening to the underground river. End of strolling away.

MH1

(17,537 posts)
9. I'm really glad they all got out okay.
Thu May 26, 2016, 07:02 PM
May 2016

It sounds like they had the right gear (headlamps), stayed together, and kept their wits about them.

Reccing this as a reminder to people to be very careful when exploring caves.

Bayard

(21,801 posts)
10. My Neighborhood!
Thu May 26, 2016, 09:30 PM
May 2016

Holy Crap! Major storms here this afternoon. We pass this place in Horse Cave going to pick up hay. There's usually a few people lined up to do the zip line. Its right in town, never realized it was this big. We'll have to check it out.

There's caves all over the place here, major rock outcroppings even on our place. Of course, Mammoth Cave is the big tourist attraction.

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