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19 hours later the bow holding the hand rope with the pulley broke and many rocks fell on John, the rescuer who was with him was also hit by these rocks knocking him out and breaking his jaw, sadly the last rescuer who entered experience the worst part, which were John's words "I'm going to die, right?", however this rescuer promised John that they would take him out.
Finally his last words were to ask for the rescuer "is he okay?" after that he lost consciousness and stopped talking, it was almost 28 hours of panic at 215 meters (235 yards) deep in the cave "Bob's Push" that had an L shape and was only 45 centimeters 18 inches wide and 25 centimeters high.
It was difficult to abort the mission, a paramedic defying science declared that he was dead even knowing that he could only be unconscious, his wife did not want to leave the place, the lieutenant and the sheriff convinced her saying that they would take him out to bury him, but everyone knew that this would not happen either, just as it was impossible to try to get him out alive when he could push, without life it would be much more complex.
The cave was sealed and today his remains rest in this same place.
