The National Park Service is reporting a visitor on one of Mammoth Cave's
tours died this afternoon. In a press release, spokeswoman Vickie Carson
wrote:
William Larry Martin, 67, of Bronson, Florida, was on the 11:00 a.m.
Historic cave tour when he became ill in River Hall, about one and one-half
miles into the two-mile tour. The tour guides telephoned their supervisor
on the surface for assistance at 12:20 p.m. and immediately began CPR.
Emergency medical technician rangers and a rescue crew entered the cave at
12:35 p.m. and arrived on the scene at 12:45 p.m.
In River Hall, rangers administered CPR and applied an AED. In spite of
these efforts, Mr. Martin did not survive and was declared dead at 1:18 p.m.
Martin's cause of death isn't know. Carson says to the best of her
knowledge, the last time a visitor died in Mammoth Cave was in the early
1980s.
One of the last things Mr. Martin said to his son was "This Place is
Amazing."
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