The Nation - News from Sept. 15, 1986
A teen-ager pinned under about 30 tons of rocks for nearly 18 hours was freed by scores of rescuers who worked through the night in a cave atop Pilot Knob Mountain in southeast Missouri, officials said. Gerald Dwayne Easter, 17, was taken to a hospital in the town of Pilot Knob, then flown by helicopter to a hospital in suburban St. Louis, where he underwent surgery for what a spokesman described as “crush injuries to both legs.” Easter and a friend were exploring a cave called Devil’s Icebox when the rocks came loose.
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