The Agonizing Death Of Floyd Collins, The Cave Explorer Who Was Trapped Underground For 17 Days Before He Finally Perished
The Agonizing Death Of Floyd Collins, The Cave Explorer Who Was Trapped Underground For 17 Days Before He Finally Perished On January 30, 1925, William Floyd Collins got stuck in a passageway deep inside Kentucky's Sand Cave, inciting a media spectacle that drew tens of thousands of people to the scene in hopes of seeing him rescued. Floyd Collins was an experienced cave explorer. A participant in what became known as Kentucky’s “Cave Wars” of the early 20th century, Collins made several notable discoveries, including the Great Crystal Cave. But that’s not why the story of Floyd Collins — or Floyd Collins’ body — is remembered today. A cave explorer since the age of six, Collins had never lost his lust for adventure — or for profit — and thus eagerly explored a new cave called the Sand Cave in 1925. But instead of turning the cave into a money-making operation as he’d hoped, Collins got trapped there. Once his rescuers arrived, Collins’ entrapment became a media sensation. People g