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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Injured spelunker carried to safety in northern Italy after being trapped for 75 hours

Italy Cave Rescue - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

An injured cave explorer in northern Italy was carried to safety Wednesday, 75 hours after she fell while attempting to map an unexplored branch of the Bueno Fonteno cave, alpine rescuers said.

The last leg of the rescue operation proceeded more smoothly than expected, and workers carrying 32-year-old Ottavia Piana strapped into a stretcher reached the cave’s mouth in the early morning hours. It was her second time in 17 months to be rescued from the cave near Lago d’Iseo northeast of Bergamo.

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