Post by Brian Roebuck on Aug 17, 2008 7:23:02 GMT -5
GROTTO WAS THEIR GHETTO
BY NOAH ROSENBERG
Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:11 PM EDT
“When you cave [explore caves] there’s still the opportunity to be the first to see something,” said Chris Nicola, sitting with a panel before a captivated crowd at Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJ) last week. “You may find gold, buried treasure or a gem of a story.”
In 1993, Nicola, an internationally-known spelunker from Astoria, set out to explore the Gypsum Giant cave system of Western Ukraine, one of the world’s longest at 77 miles. He was there searching for lost relatives - Cossacks who had been persecuted under Communist Rule.
www.queenscourier.com/articles/2008/08/15/news/top_stories/news03.txt