Rescuers Say The Man Slipped Back Again While they Were Trying to Move Him Further Out. UTAH COUNTY, Utah – Rescue crews have been working for nearly 24 hours trying to free a man stuck in the Nutty Putty Cave near Utah Lake. …
Read Original Story: Man Stuck More than a Day in Nutty Putty Cave – Fox 13 Now – Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY — A medical student who died Thursday after a daylong effort to rescue him 150 feet underground was an outdoors lover and experienced caver who was expecting the birth of his second child next year, officials and family members said. …
Read Original Story: Man who died in Utah mishap was experienced caver – The Associated Press
John Jones had maneuvered his way out of tight spots before he got stuck in Utah County’s Nutty Putty cave Tuesday night. He had explored many caves, including those around St. George, where he was born and raised, his family said …
Read Original Story: Man who dies in cave had robust life – Salt Lake Tribune
By Matthew D. laplante When Dale Green first saw the cavern that would come to be known as Nutty Putty Cave, he wasn’t all that impressed. "It didn’t really have anything pretty in it," said Green, who is largely credited with discovering the popular …
Read Original Story: Popular cave draws ill-prepared adventurers – Salt Lake Tribune
SALT LAKE CITY — A search-and-rescue team is working to free a man stuck about 150 feet underground in a popular Utah cave. The 26-year-old man has been trapped since late Tuesday night about 700 feet feet into the narrow cave known as Nutty Putty, …
Read Original Story: Search crew working to free man caught in cave – The Associated Press
By AP SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An amateur cave explorer who had become stuck upside down in a passage at a popular Utah spelunking site died there early Thursday after 28 hours. Dozens of rescuers had tried for hours to extract the 26-year-old caver, …
Read Original Story: Explorer Dies After 28 Hours Stuck in Cave – New York Times
A 26-year-old Virginia man, John Jones, who was trapped in the Nutty Putty Cave in Utah County, died sometime before midnight Wednesday. The rescue operation has now become a recovery operation for the crews who worked over 24 hours to try and save his …
Read Original Story: Man trapped in Utah's Nutty Putty Cave dies – Examiner.com
(ChattahBox) — After being trapped in the Nutty Putty Caves, Utah for more than 27 hours, a man stuck upside-down died early Thursday, despite the efforts of dozens of rescuers, authorities said. John Jones, 26, a spelunker became stuck 700 feet into …
Read Original Story: Rescue fails as spelunker stuck upside down in Utah cave dies overnight – ChattahBox
A US medical student has died after being stuck upside-down in a cave in Utah for more than 24 hours, officials said overnight. John Jones, 26, was part of a group of 11 experienced cavers who set out to explore the Nutty Putty caves, around 100km …
Read Original Story: Man dies after 28 hours stuck in cave – NEWS.com.au
STANSBURY PARK, Utah (ABC4 News) The family of the man who was trapped for 27 hours in Nutty Putty Cave in Utah County have issued a statement about the death of their loved one. Our beloved husband, father, son, brother, and friend John Edward Jones …
Read Original Story: Family of dead cave explorer issues statement of grief and thank you – ABC 4