SALT LAKE CITY -- Rescuers chipped away with air-powered tools in a narrow tunnel yesterday to free a man trapped upside down about 150 feet below ground in a popular Utah cave. Authorities said that John Jones, 26, of Stansbury Park became stuck about 700 feet into the narrow cave Tuesday while caving with a group of about 11 people.
Jones was stuck for about 19 hours with his head below his feet in an L-shaped area of the cave that is only about 18 inches wide and 10 inches high, authorities said. He was freed from that position yesterday afternoon, but Sheriff Spencer Cannon of Utah County said that Jones remained in a confined space.
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