| Name | Age | Sex | Injuries | Injured areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Carnes, Teresa | 25 | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
At about 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 13, Teresa Lynn Carnes (25) and a companion were exploring the lip of 185 foot Natural Well near Huntsville, Alabama, when Carnes lost her footing and fell. Her companion called Mitchell Hall, a vertical caver who tried to call Huntsville Grotto for the Cave Rescue Unit, then called either 911 or the Madison County Rescue Squad. Hall arrived at the scene first and rigged a 250 foot Bluewater and at 7:10 p.m., descended to the victim. After ten minutes he was followed by Ed Cain of the Huntsville Police Department (a former paramedic). At 7:28 the victim was reported to the top of the pit as "dead due to a massive fracture of the posterior surface of the skull." The Cave Rescue Unit (Huntsville Grotto) had meanwhile arrived and at 7:35 sent down a Stokes litter with all straps. At 7:44 field phone communications were set up to the victim site and at 10:15 the victim was hauled up.
Brigham says the operation went smoothly with only a few indications that more practice was necessary. Until the field phones were set up there was difficulty hearing communications from the bottom of the pit due to bystanders at the top, talking.
Teresa Lynn Carnes (25) perished after losing her footing and falling at the Natural Well, leading to a fatal head injury.