Rescuers in Italy Working to Free Cave Explorer Trapped Underground

Rescuers in Italy Working to Free Cave Explorer Trapped Underground
Emergency services attend a rescue operation to free Ottavia Piana, an expert spelunker who was trapped while exploring the cave of Bueno Fonteno, near Bergamo, Italy, on Dec. 15, 2024. Spada/LaPresse via AP
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MILAN—A major rescue operation was underway Monday in a cave northeast of the Italian city of Bergamo to free a woman who was injured in a fall and became trapped while exploring with eight other people.

Ottavia Piana, 32, remained blocked deep inside the Bueno Fonteno cave, where the temperatures were ranging from 7 degrees Celsius to 8 degrees Celsius (44-46 degrees Fahrenheit) in high humidity.