TONGUR RIVER CAVE INCIDENCT

Echoes of Tragedy

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00:00Tongue River Cave Incident

00:01Barry Blaha and Dana Herbert, both 16, convinced their friends to explore the cave.

00:05None of them had any real caving experience.

00:07They brought cheap flashlights, batteries.

00:09They had no helmets or proper caving equipment.

00:11The group entered the cave and made their way deeper into the cave.

00:13The main passage was spacious at first.

00:15They could walk upright and move around easily.

00:17As they went deeper, they discovered multiple side passages.

00:20Some passages led to dead ends.

00:22Barry noticed a narrow crack in the wall that seemed to lead further into the cave.

00:25This wasn't on any map.

00:26The group crowded into the opening and shined their lights into the passage.

00:29The walls looked fractured and unstable.

00:31Small stones scattered when touched.

00:33Barry and Dana decided to push further into this narrowing passage.

00:36While their friends explored other areas, they squeezed through sections.

00:39Barry reached a point where the passage became impossibly tight.

00:42The walls closed in so much that he couldn't squeeze through.

00:44Barry decided to try clearing the obstruction by moving rocks.

00:47He managed to work one arm free and grabbed a rock about the size of a softball.

00:50Barry began using this rock as a hammer.

00:52He struck the larger stones ahead of him to break them apart.

00:54Dust began raining down from the ceiling.

00:56Suddenly, a massive boulder over 300 pounds broke free from the ceiling.

00:59It crashed down directly behind Dana.

01:01The fallen boulder had completely sealed the passage.

01:03Barry and Dana were trapped in a space barely larger than a coffin.

01:06Their friends immediately tried to move the boulder, but couldn't.

01:08The air in their tiny prison grew stale and warm.

01:10Each breath felt insufficient.

01:12Muscle cramps set in from being unable to move.

01:14Their friends raced back through the cave to get help.

01:16They ran to the surface and called emergency services.

01:18Professional rescuers arrived with specialized tools.

01:21Moving a 300-pound boulder in a narrow cave passage was very challenging.

01:24Rescuers had to work in shifts.

01:26Only one or two people could access the work area at a time.

01:29Every tool had to be carried through the cave system by hand.

01:31Hours passed as the rescue became a race against time.

01:33Finally, the rescuers positioned their pulley system to move the boulder.

01:36Slowly, inch by inch, the 300-pound stone was pulled away.

01:40Barry and Dana could finally move again.

01:41They emerged from Tongue River Cave at approximately 10.30 p.m.

01:44They had been trapped for nearly eight hours.

01:46They had been trapped for nearly eight hours.

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