U.S. Seaman Dies in Fall at Mt. Vesuvius
A U.S. Navy seaman was killed Sunday when he fell more than 300 feet into the crater of 3,779-foot volcano Mt. Vesuvius, a Navy spokesman said.
Another seaman from the destroyer Edward MacDonald remained stranded inside the volcano Sunday night but apparently was not injured, according to Lt. Cmdr. Skip Calvert, spokesman for naval support activity at Naples.
The two seamen had been sightseeing Sunday afternoon when one man fell about 350 feet into the crater. The second, said Calvert, “climbed down to help the other, and when he realized there was no pulse, he tried to come back up. But he hasn’t been able to climb out.”
The identities of the two were not released.
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