Ottavia Piana, 32, was trapped in an exploratory area of the Abisso Bueno Fonteno cave last Saturday afternoon. View on ...

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A woman has been rescued after becoming trapped in an Italian cave system for the second time in two years. Ottavia Piana fell around five metres inside an uncharted portion of the cave system and ...

At 2:59 am rescuers reached the exit, together with the stretcher on which the woman had been placed ... and speleological association from 13 Italian regions. It was Piana herself who encouraged ...