We worked and worked and worked, but we never thought that he was going to die. And for it not to be a safe rescue … We didn’t mind working. “It left an indelible imprint on all of our souls, I know that,” Leavitt said. A friend ultimately took the device from Leavitt’s son to confirm Jones’ death. It remains both difficult and sentimental for Leavitt, who sent in his son, then 15, to the narrow passageway with the EKG, because the teenager’s size and the exhaustion of the other rescuers made him the best option. Leavitt, who was the cave's access manager, was there for the rescue that ended just moments before midnight. The once-popular recreation site was closed to serve as Jones’ final resting place after the 26-year-old died after being trapped inside for 27 hours. “It is not open and it will never be open again,” Leavitt said. “We hustled so it wouldn’t be a Thanksgiving memory for the family every year,” said Leavitt, a member of the Nutty Putty Cave Management team.Īnd then another decision about the cave was made. “We did our best out there to do a rescue, recovery, to get the death pronounced before Thanksgiving Day,” he said, noting that rescuers rushed an EKG down into the cave to confirm Jones’ death before midnight turned the clock to Thanksgiving.
SALT LAKE CITY - Michael Leavitt is certain that those who were there at the Nutty Putty Cave site five years ago will never forget the effort to save John Edward Jones. – Michael Leavitt, former cave access manager It left an indelible imprint on all of our souls, I know that.
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