By One Mistake He Got Stuck in a Cave, Fought 27 Hours to Save Him and Even Today His Body Cannot Be Recovered

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The expedition of John Edward Jones to the Nutty Putty Cave in Utah began as a family tour and ended in an unprecedented tragedy. The 26-year-old medical student and father of a son lost his life after being imprisoned for 27 hours in an unmapped section of the cave, in an event that shocked the United States in November 2009. The incident, now studied and remembered, highlights the extreme dangers of amateur speleology.

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Speleologist John Edward Jones died at Nutty Putty after being trapped at an impossible angle; his dead body remains in place as a definitive tomb.