Today such tours are in fact a real adventure for a group of 15 visitors and 2 guides are trapped inside the cave due to flash flooding in Horse Cave, Kentucky.
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Gary Russell was one of the tour guides leading the group of students deep into the Hidden River Cave to explore.
Around 10 a.m., 21 college-aged students entered the cave on a guided tour, said Kerry McDaniel, Hart County emergency management director.
“The whole time we’re back there in the cave, we’re thinking, ‘Gosh, I hope the water hasn’t closed us off, ‘” Foster said.
As many as 19 people had to be rescued Wednesday from a Kentucky cave after heavy rains in the area caused severe flash flooding.
Some people traveled inside the cave as far as four miles, but emergency crews found the people inside the system.
McDaniel says there is only one way in and out of the Hidden River Cave in south-central Kentucky.
He said authorities have not been in communication with the trapped people and are unsure where they are in the cave.
Rescue teams, including members of a dive squad, were called to help, Horse Cave Fire Chief Donnie Parker said. He didn’t have details about how they got out. No injuries were reported.
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Two police officers arrived about 3 p.m. and entered the cave in an attempt to make contact with the stranded students.
