“The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast (tight) in the cords of his sin.” (Proverbs 5:22) Isaiah said our sins separate us from God and form an insurmountable barrier between us and God. Spiritually, have you faced the fact that you are trapped in the dark crevice of your sins? The Bible teaches that we are trapped in our sins. You can search and make online donations to the John Jones Memorial Fund.įour Spiritual Life Lessons from this story:ġ. Emily is expecting their second child in June 2010. You can remember Emily (his wife) and daughter Elizabeth and the rest of the family in your prayers. It is now the final resting place of a young man who was just starting his life. The authorities, after discussing it with the Jones family, have decided to seal the cave forever. They still feel like there is work left to be done, that they didn’t bring closure to the Jones family.” He figured it was the most difficult rescue that he had worked on in 30 years. Tom Hodgson said: “It isn’t in our makeup to leave anything undone. The 137 rescuers were traumatized by their inability to save John Edward Jones. After 27 hours of trying to rescue the young husband and father, he was pronounced dead at 11:57 PM Wednesday evening. The rescuers lowered a stethoscope but there was no pulse. After relaying some messages to his family above, things became very quiet. The pulley system anchored in the ceiling broke loose and John Jones slipped back into the crevice head first again.
They gave him water and food but the apparent freedom only lasted for 30 minutes.
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At one point during the 27-hour operation, with ropes around his feet, they pulled him free of that tight crevice. A pulley was anchored to the ceiling of the cave. The team was able to get very close to Jones and stay very close to him for many hours as they performed their rescue maneuvers.
Over 130 people were involved in the rescue operation. The rescue team arrived with their equipment.