BERLIN (AP) — Rescuers say a 52-year-old German explorer who was injured in a fall deep inside an Alpine cave is well enough for the evacuation process to begin.
Researcher Johann Westhauser has been stuck 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) underground since suffering head injuries in a rock fall Sunday inside the Riesending cave system near the town Berchtesgaden in southern Germany.
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