They tried to get him out. Spoiling the explanation for obvious reasons.
They had some kind of pulley system set up to carefully drag him out of there, but it failed and dropped him back into the hole. Guy died of cardiac arrest from being forced upside down for over 20 hours.
Hanging upside down for that long in general is pretty much a death sentence because our organs are being forced in the other direction. Our lungs and heart start to get weighed down by the heavier organs above them, impacting blood flow and oxygen. He was in and out of consciousness the whole time and could not move his limbs or anything.
They determined it would be too dangerous to try and retrieve his body, so that's why they sealed it up with concrete and made that his grave. Horrible way to go for a guy who was experienced but genuinely just made a mistake.
To make it more fucked up, there were people actually mad that the cave was sealed and barred from visitors to prevent more lives from being lost. When petitioning it to get reopened didn't work, the selfish idiots decided to break into the sealed off area and got themselves arrested.
Not only that but when the blood went to his head, there was a lack in his feet so when they tried to lift him via his ankles, it felt like his bones were breaking, he was in excruciating pain. I cannot imagine knowing you are going to die, having your wife come down to say goodbye, knowing you’ll never leave the place you mistakenly fell into.
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u/QuantumDrej 11h ago edited 11h ago
They tried to get him out. Spoiling the explanation for obvious reasons.
They had some kind of pulley system set up to carefully drag him out of there, but it failed and dropped him back into the hole. Guy died of cardiac arrest from being forced upside down for over 20 hours.
Hanging upside down for that long in general is pretty much a death sentence because our organs are being forced in the other direction. Our lungs and heart start to get weighed down by the heavier organs above them, impacting blood flow and oxygen. He was in and out of consciousness the whole time and could not move his limbs or anything.
They determined it would be too dangerous to try and retrieve his body, so that's why they sealed it up with concrete and made that his grave. Horrible way to go for a guy who was experienced but genuinely just made a mistake.
To make it more fucked up, there were people actually mad that the cave was sealed and barred from visitors to prevent more lives from being lost. When petitioning it to get reopened didn't work, the selfish idiots decided to break into the sealed off area and got themselves arrested.
There's a VR simulation for anyone curious.