A young medical student, a father one one about to become a father of two, a skilled cave explorer. And tragedy. Worst yet, the story only got sadder as the holiday weekend progressed.
- He became stuck in a tight 10" x 18" passage in a cave.
- A rescue team worked for a day to free him.
- At one point they succeeded, but he fell back to the trap.
- There was nothing else they could do.
He died
And somehow even all of that wasn't enough of a tregedy. The latest development came this morning. The New York Times has the story.
[Note: the photo shows my High School classmate Tom Padovano. Our class went cave exploring in upstate New York, near Ellenville, numerous times. I remember squeezing through some very narrow passageways. Sucking in our already pretty skinny guts was part of the process.]
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