{"id":121,"date":"2018-09-07T11:29:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T11:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2022-05-19T08:25:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T12:25:06","slug":"floyds-cave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"Floyd&#8217;s Cave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/floydcollins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"279\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-122\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crawling around underground isn&#8217;t for everyone, especially the hosts of the Stories podcast.\u00a0 But there are some for whom exploring caves is their life&#8217;s work.\u00a0 Probably the best known of these is Floyd Collins, who lost his life when he got stuck in the Sand Cave in eastern Kentucky.\u00a0 Today we tell the story of the rescue operation mounted to save Floyd and the 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