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There was nothing John Edward Jones loved more than Caving with his beloved family.

Along with his younger brother Josh, his father often brought him along on Caving expeditions in the state of Utah when they were just young children.

From an early age, the Jones boys grew to adore the subterranean depths and their shadowy otherworldly beauty.

But unfortunately for John, his first trip into the Nuddy Putty Cave, southwest of Lake Utah in about 60 miles from Salt Lake City, would be his last.

John entered the Nuddy Putty Cave just after 8pm, Mountain Standard Time, on the evening of 24th of November 2009, not long before Thanksgiving.

John was 26 years old at the time of the incident, along with nine other friends and members of his family, decided to explore Nuddy Putty Cave as a way to build bonds with each other ahead of the holidays.

Being in his mid-20s, John was without a doubt in the prime of his life. He was recently married, had an 18-month-old daughter and was in the process of attending medical school in Virginia with a view to becoming a certified medical doctor.

And like most years, he had headed back home to Utah to spend some quality holiday time with his family and friends.

Yet a seemingly routine caving trip was to turn into an outright nightmare. It had been many years since John had been caving, and at 200 pounds and 6 feet tall, he wasn't the same small child that used to accompany his father.

After about an hour of exploring the vast caverns and tunnels of the Nuddy Putty Cave, John decided to find the formation called the Birth Canal, an extremely tight passage that Cavars must crawl through carefully if they're feeling brave enough.

John located what he assumed was the birth canal and began to inch his way into the restrict of tunnel.

At first, shimmying forward using his stomach muscles, hip flexors, and fingers to grip. But it only took a minute or so before he realized he'd made a horrible error of judgment.

Josh Jones, John's younger brother by three years, was the first person to find him that way. Josh tried desperately to get a grip of his brother's cab, so he could pull him out of the tunnel but had little success. In fact, Josh only succeeded in allowing his older brother to slide down further into the passageway, meaning he was trapped even worse than his previous predicament.

John's arms were now pinned beneath his chest and he couldn't move an inch in any direction. The Jones family were and still are devoutly religious and at this point both John and Josh began to pray.

Lord, guide us as we work through this, John prayed, please save me for the sake of my wife and kids. Before long, Josh had rushed back into the direction of the cave's entrance and search of help, but even once assistance arrived, John was still trapped more than 400 feet below the Earth's surface.

Getting equipment, supplies, and personnel down that far took more than an hour to accomplish. Susie Matola was the first rescuer to reach John, arriving at just after midnight on the 25th of November. By this point, John had been stuck inside the tunnel for more than three and a half hours. Susie said hi to John and introduced herself as a rescue worker, even though all she could see of him was a pair of darkly colored sneakers.

Hi Susie, thanks for coming, but I really, really want to get out. John is reported to have said. And so over the course of the following 24 hours, more than 100 rescue volunteers worked tirelessly to free John from his rock prison.

From records and eyewitness reports, the method they were banking on involved a system of pulleys and ropes to try to pull John free from his dangerous predicament. One of the rescuers on the scene, a man by the name of Sean, Roundy, explained the difficulties facing anyone who went into Nadi Padi Cave, even those with lots of previous caving experiences.

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