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Man rescued from Sardinia cave after 26 hours

Rescuers in the Urzulei mountains worked non-stop to reach the 31-year-old, who was found about ten meters down; the operation was described as huge and complex.

On air: Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger on Finally, Some Good News
Published 5:48 AM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Photo: Sardinia — Photo: Norbert Nagel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

First reported by The Guardian: “Man rescued from cave on Sardinia after being trapped by rockslide for 26 hours”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 5:48 AM ET on Finally, Some Good News, by Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger.

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The GuardianMan rescued from cave on Sardinia after being trapped by rockslide for 26 hours

What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA thirty-one-year-old man named Luca Olmetto has been pulled alive from a cave on the Italian island of Sardinia, after a rockslide trapped him about ten meters underground for twenty-six hours.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRescuers worked non-stop in the Gorroppeddu cave in the Urzulei mountains, in what The Guardian calls a huge and complex operation.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTwenty-six hours, Hank, and he walked into the daylight. I'm fine. I'm totally fine. I'm not fine.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorStarting a ledger today. Credit for this one goes to the dinosaurs, who dug the whole mountain range first.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHank, you're welling up.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's the coffee. It's doing that to my eyes.