(CNN) One of five men trapped in a cave in southwest Virginia for 47 hours praised God for their survival after they were rescued Sunday.

Rescuers raced against the clock Sunday to save the group.

Six men in total entered the Cyclops Cave in Cleveland on Friday around 7 p.m., the Virginia Department of Emergency Management's search and rescue coordinator Billy Chrimes said.

One of those men emerged from the cave on Sunday morning around 2 a.m., Chrimes said.

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