![]() "It was very agonizing on this particular search," said State Sen. "So there's no way to really get a hold on him to be able to pull directly straight back." "Where he is trapped, he is on a bend," Packer said. Jones' feet were sticking out, his head down, his body completely plugging a narrow tunnel 10 to 14 inches wide. The rescuers had to squeeze through narrow, twisting passageways. "We've never seen anything this technical, this tough, to get in and get this person out," Packer said. Since Tuesday night, they struggled against the unforgiving topography of Nutty Putty Cave. They were agonizingly close, but they just couldn't pull him out. The rescuers never saw much more than his feet and ankles. But it became increasingly clear last night after he got re-stuck that there weren't very many options left," Jones' brother, Spencer Jones, 30, of San Francisco, told The Associated Press. "We all were very optimistic and hopeful. Just before midnight they realized he was dead. Hundreds of search and rescue workers were in the midst of their second exhausting night, trying frantically to pry John Jones loose from an area called Ed's Push in the Nutty Putty Cave. "They were able to check him and determine he did pass away." ![]() Eldon Packer of the Utah County Sheriff's Office. "We were able to send one of our cavers in close enough to him," said Sgt. Medical student John Jones was pronounced dead overnight after being trapped in a Utah County cave more than 27 hours. People seen in these photos are of rescuers) UTAH COUNTY - There has been a tragic end to a Thanksgiving vacation caving expedition. (Photos at the cave site are courtesy of the Utah County Sheriff's Office. Reading or replaying the story in itsĪrchived form does not constitute a republication of the story. ![]() Only for your personal, non-commercial use. ![]()
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