A father of three who obtained trapped in an indoor journey cave for greater than 4 hours has died from his accidents.
Carl O’Keeffe, 49, from Lancaster, was rescued from the Kong Adventure in Keswick, Cumbria, on Saturday 22 April after reportedly slipping and turning into caught inside one of many caves.
Staff on the rescue centre have been unable to tug him out and emergency companies have been referred to as simply after 3pm.
Members from Cumbria Fire and Rescue, police, Keswick Mountain Rescue, Cumbria Ore Mines Rescue Unit, Great North Air Ambulance and the Northwest Ambulance Service’s Hazardous Area Response Team all attended the scene.
Mr O’Keeffe had entered the indoor cave on the journey centre within the Lake District together with his niece throughout a birthday celebration.
After turning into trapped, he was rescued greater than 4 hours later and brought to the intensive care unit at Carlisle hospital with crush accidents.
But his household confirmed he handed away at 3pm on Sunday 30 April.
According to a tribute from his sister, Olivia Short, it turned obvious that Mr O’Keeffe’s accidents “were severe and he would not be able to survive” shortly after he was taken to hospital.
“He was then moved to a private room and I was able to stay with him so that he could die with some dignity,” she added.
A tribute from his household stated: “Carl was a devoted parent and he will leave a huge hole in their lives.
“He was a powerful advocate for the neurodiverse neighborhood. He taught folks to be taught what changes they wanted in life and to not solely settle for them however to dwell them.
“He was often seen in dark glasses and a fedora hat as he was photophobic. He had a brilliant mind and was in the process of applying to start an astrophysics PhD.
“He was fascinated by photo voltaic storms and had been predicting the one which occurred this week whereas he slept. He spent years having the NASA Hubble photographs tattooed onto his arm.”
In her own tribute, his sister Ms Short said: “At 3pm in the present day I sat with Carl and stated goodbye ceaselessly.
“He was my baby brother and over the last few years became my best friend.”
She described Mr O’Keeffe as her “support and my rock”, including: “I’m broken-hearted. As are the rest of our family”.
A couple of days earlier, Ms Short wrote on Facebook that “this fight is too much for Carl”.
“He has dead portions of bowel and multi organ failure. He cannot survive surgery but also cannot survive this. It is hours not days that he has left. He is only here now due to the machines.”
She added: “This is my beautiful intelligent fascinating brother. Who took his niece into an indoor cave during a birthday party and it killed him.”
A spokesperson for Cumberland Council stated: “We have been notified of an incident that took place at the Kong Adventure Centre, Keswick, and are investigating the matter, as the regulating body.”
A spokesperson for Kong Adventure Centre stated: “All the staff at Kong Adventure are shocked and saddened to hear this terrible news.
“Our ideas right now are with the household, buddies and everybody concerned.”
Source: information.sky.com”