Man rescued from near-death fall in Ellison's Cave identified as 54-year-old Dwight Kempf

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

photo Ellison's Cave features the deepest known cave pit in the continental United States, dropping 586 feet straight down.

The identity of the caver who was seriously injured in a caving accident in Georgia has been revealed.

Dwight Kempf, 54, sustained a compound fracture of his femur (upper leg), possibly several broken ribs, and a possible fractured skull from the fall.

It took nearly 24 hours and more than 100 rescuers to reach Kempf, who fell and seriously injured himself in a north Georgia cave.

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