In 2009, a routine recreational cave exploration turned into one of the most haunting accidents in modern history. John Edward Jones, a 26-year-old medical student, entered Nutty Putty Cave in Utah with family members on November 24, 2009. Experienced but unfamiliar with recent cave changes, he mistakenly crawled into a tight, unmapped passage he believed led to a larger chamber. It didn’t. The tunnel narrowed rapidly. John slid head-first downward, becoming trapped upside down, unable to turn,