

on Wednesday, just a few days before Thanksgiving when they arrived at the cave site. Thus, Nutty Putty Cave was permanently sealed shortly after Jones' death. The accident Entering the cave On November 24, 2009, the brothers John and Josh decided to rekindle their love for caving and picked Nutty Putty Cave as their next conquest. John Jones died in Nutty Putty cave on Nov. John Jones and his wife, Emily Dawn Jones.

HowStuffWorks writes that it was deemed too dangerous to extract his remains. Nutty Putty Cave was the subject of national headlines just a short time before Susan Powell disappeared in 2009, when a man named John Jones became stuck in one of the cavern’s tight, twisting tunnels. Up to 5,000 people visit each year, the site said. After being trapped for an excruciating 27 hours, John Edward Jones died from a heart attack on November 25, 2009. There are narrow areas of the cave where visitors have to crawl on their bellies to get through, according to the attraction's Web site. When there is movement, it is literally millimeters at a time." "Getting people to him is very difficult," Cannon told KSL before Jones died. Rescuers had tried to reach Jones for more than 24 hours, but had problems navigating the treacherous terrain, Cannon said.
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Rescue officials were meeting Thursday to determine how to recover Jones' body. Shortly before midnight on Wednesday, rescuers got close enough to Jones to conclude that he was not breathing and he had no pulse. Jones actually fell back to the area where he had been stuck for so long." "During the course of that, they have a raising system to hold him in position, and one of the devices of that system failed, and Mr. "They had him to a level spot where he wasn't heading downhill with his head below his feet," Cannon said. The crevice is about 150 feet below the surface and about 700 feet from the cave entrance, according to the sheriff's department. Spencer Cannon told CNN affiliate KSL that Jones was trapped upside down in a crevice that was about 18 inches wide and about 10 inches high. in a "tightly confined" feature inside Nutty Putty Cave called "Bob's Push." A plaque commemorating his life can now be found at the caves entrance. Thus, Nutty Putty Cave was permanently sealed shortly after Jones death. HowStuffWorks writes that it was deemed too dangerous to extract his remains. Tuesday with a group of about 11 people and became stuck about 8:45 p.m. After being trapped for an excruciating 27 hours, John Edward Jones died from a heart attack on November 25, 2009. Sheriff's officials said Jones entered the cave at around 6 p.m. The cave is 55 to 60 miles south of Salt Lake City. John Edward Jones, 26, of Stansbury Park was stuck in the Nutty Putty Cave, which sits west of Utah Lake near Cedar Valley, according to the sheriff's office of Utah County. (CNN) - A Utah man trapped for more than 26 hours in a crevice of a popular cave tourist attraction died as rescuers struggled to save him, authorities said Thursday.
