German caver Westhauser surfaces after Riesending rescue

Name: German caver Westhauser surfaces after Riesending rescue
Uploaded: 2014-06-19T10:52:41.000Z
Duration: 1 min 34 s
Description: An injured German caver trapped underground for 12 days is brought to the surface after a painstaking rescue operation.

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An injured German caver trapped 3,000ft underground for 12 days has been brought to the surface after a painstaking rescue operation.

Johann Westhauser, 52, was badly hurt in a rock fall on 8 June while exploring Germany's deepest cave with two other men near Austria's border.

Stephen Evans reports.

Europe

19 June 2014