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The story of the three cavers rescue on Mount St. James




After the good news of the rescue of three cavers trapped in cave Vallicelle on Mount St. James, we publish the story of one of the rescuers who participated in the rescue and took part right in the climax when they came into contact with the three unsafe.

Following the story published on its corporate website of Fire:

Monte San Giacomo - Loc Vallicelle (SA). July 5, 2009


The SAF group of Campania Region has intervened in a cavity of Monte San Giacomo (loc. Vallicelle - SA-) where three cavers had been stuck in a trap at a depth of about 70 meters from the surface due to sudden and violent rainfall in the area. The alarm fire on July 3 about in the evening (when you do not have any news for some time) had a first phase lasting up to 18.30 by about four days, where he managed to make contact with the three cavers providing the same food for comfort and drapes against hypothermia, by the combined VVF SAF personnel in the Campania region (suitably alerted by the Regional Directorate) and Fire Department divers Salerno and Rome, some with specialized cave, the VVF elinucleo Pontecagnano and staff of the CNSAS.
The transactions were not simple, thanks to lots of equipment present, such as pumps and pumps it was decided to siphon water drainage has developed between the rescuers and unsafe.

After several attempts at 21:57 of day four, a team of two operators and four operators in the SAF CNSAS could to get the pipe to the unfortunate. In twenty minutes, the trap was "practicable", at 22:40, in consultation with the doctors on the surface, the first caver, LC (Cosimino Leone) was accompanied by the other side of the siphon unit VF, the other two from many units of the CNSAS, while awaiting the intercom unit SAF VF communicate the good news on the surface. Around midnight all three cavers were on the surface of the joy of friends and helpers, tired but smiling headed for routine health checks. The success of the intervention has taken place with the active collaboration of the two bodies and the professionalism shown by the staff present, as well as the excellent coordination of multiple units available.

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