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POST TIME: 10 August, 2019 00:00 00 AM
Cambodian man rescued after four days trapped in cave
BBC, London

Cambodian man rescued after four days trapped in cave

Cambodian man has been rescued after being trapped in a cave for four days whilst collecting bat droppings. Sum Bora slipped between two rocks on Sunday while trying to retrieve his torch, police in the north-western province of Battambang said. The 28-year-old, left without food or water, was found on Tuesday after his family began looking for him. He was retrieved after a 10-hour operation involving 200 rescuers and is being treated at a local hospital. “I had lost hope of staying alive and if I had a knife with me I’d have committed suicide,” Bora said in a video, according to the Khmer Times newspaper.