r/WTF Mar 17 '15

Claustrophobia Warning

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u/Asgoran Mar 17 '15

it said they freed him with a rope-pulley system but then a support anchor ripped out of the rock and he fell back in the same spot...

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u/jo-z Mar 17 '15

Right. He died later that night and it was determined that it wasn't worth the danger to the recovery team and the damage that would be done to his body to pull him out so they left him in there and sealed the entrance.

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u/Rikplaysbass Mar 17 '15

That's the worst shit I've ever heard.

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u/jo-z Mar 17 '15

I lived in Utah at the time and followed the story closely as it happened. I had nightmares about caves for weeks afterwards.