John Edward, cave explorer

I found this article at two different cites CNN and Airamerica. A tragedy occured November 26, 2009 in Salt Lake city. John Edward Jones, 26 of Stansubry Park got stuck in the Nutty Putty Cave, which sits west of Utah Lake near Cedar Valley, according to the sheriff’s offich of Utah County. He was a medical student who died Thursday after a daylong effort to rescue him 150 feet underground, he was a husband and a father. He was trapped upside down for more than 26 hours in a crevice that was 18 inches wide and about 10 inches high. The crevice is about 150 feet below the surface and about 700 feet from the cave entrance, according to the sheriff’s department. Rescuers tried their best to get John out but he was so wedged in the crevice it was impossible to get him out. They tried using a pulley but they ended up failing. Shortly before midnight on Wednesday, rescuers get close enough to Jones conclude that he was not breathing and he had no pulse.

28 hours of being jammed tight in small crevice with your last minutes being stuck. I thought this story was such a tragedy it would of been a scary situation to be in. He was said to of been a cave explorer, and a good one at that. It is a shame such a young and endearing person should have to die such a tragic death.

My first reaction was that this story was extremely and desperately saddening to happen especially during the holiday season and he had one child and another on the way. He was just a brave young explorer that made a few seconds long decision that would affect his and everone else’s that he knew around him. It could of happened to anyone, luckily he was with other people and had the chance to at least get help. For the amount of time he had to spend in that tight space he must of been in a lot of pain trying to contour his body in the sharp shapes of the rocks. “The crevice was 700 feet from the cave entrance, according to the sheriff’s department.” Just to get to John was a difficult transaction to accomplish. I don’t think John would of made it as long as he did if he hadn’t keep his mind on his family and loved ones. He was a lucky man to have had help in the first place, It is a true tragedy the young husband and father had to pass on. This story made me think of the ways people leave this world, sometimes it is unexplainable and other times they are just weird accidents that happen when you least expect it.

In conclusion, this was a very sad story, but gave the thought to you other young explorers out there to be careful and cautious about the holes that you crawl into. It’s a dangerous world out there especially in the least expected places.