A major rescue operation is underway northeast of Bergamo, Italy, as efforts intensify to free Ottavia Piana, an esteemed spelunker trapped in a cave expedition gone awry. With eight other explorers, ...

An injured researcher who was trapped deep inside a cave in northern Italy for more than three days has been carried to safety. Ottavia Piana, 32, reached the surface strapped to a stretcher early ...

Rescuers said she was conscious but tired and clearly in pain when brought up to the surface after being trapped some 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) from the cave entrance.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Emergency cervices attend a rescue operation to free Ottavia Piana, an expert spelunker who was trapped ...

Rescue crews are working to free an expert spelunker who became trapped nearly 2,000 feet underground while exploring a cave in Italy, northeast of the city of Bergamo, after falling and injuring ...

An injured cave explorer spent three days stuck in the same cave system she was trapped in a year ago. Just a confession, I'm a bit afraid of enclosed spaces and the dark. So the thought of being ...

Rescue crews are working to free an expert spelunker who became trapped nearly 2,000 feet underground while exploring a cave in Italy, northeast of the city of Bergamo, after falling and injuring ...

MILAN (AP) — 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 ...

A 32-year-old woman is recovering in an Italian hospital after being trapped underground for three days following a fall while exploring an Italy cave. The speleologist, or cave scientist ...

A woman has been rescued after becoming trapped in an Italian cave system for the second time in two years. Ottavia Piana fell around five metres inside an uncharted portion of the cave system and ...