BREAKING NEWS All 13 Football Team Members Found Alive inside Flooded Cave

[Jonathan Fairfield]

First photos of boys rescued in Tham Luang cave, Chiang Rai

 

 

 

[balo]

This is not old photos?   

 

[Norrad]

4 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

First photos of boys rescued in Tham Luang cave, Chiang Rai

 

They look in good spirits which is awesome. Now to get them out and reunited with their families.

Edited July 2, 2018 by Norrad

[pegman]

The world rejoices!!!

 

[josephbloggs]

10 minutes ago, Kaoboi Bebobp said:

Good to know. Yet not a single mention in the Thai English news reports of the contribution of American, Australian and British experts. A little more credit ought to spread around.

Give them a break - the news has just broken that they are safe and everyone is joyous.  Who gives a **** right now about listing the nationalities who helped??  You can be sure a hell that the Brits and the others are not looking for credit right now.

Edited July 2, 2018 by josephbloggs

[dunroaming]

So used to hearing bad news from Thailand, it is wonderful to hear some good

[NCC1701A]

[mahtin]

Respect for the courage of these boys and their coach.

[jerry921]

What about drilling a rescue shaft down to them now that they are located? I know that mine rescue experts have a way of drilling a 24" shaft that they can lift a man out using a sort of torpedo elevator car on a cable. Seems to me in this case they are likely much closer to the surface than a mine rescue situation would be and they might drill down to them in less than 12 hours if they already have the equipment in place.

[Norrad]

 

Not sure how embedding works, but it seems like an English speaking team found them.

Edited July 2, 2018 by Norrad

[tpthai2]

Wonderful.....Truly.

[NCC1701A]

Footage has been released of the moment rescue divers located all missing youths and their coach in the cave where they went missing nine days ago.

A voice, in English, is heard saying:

“How many of you? 13? brilliant!

The children ask what is the date.

“It’s Monday. You’ve been here 10 days. 10 days. You’re very strong.”

“We’re coming, many people are coming, we’re the first.”

“We’ve been diving for days. We’re from the navy.”

The children say “We’re so happy” and “Thank you so much” in English.

 

 

http://www.khaosodenglish.com/featured/2018/07/03/watch-the-moment-kids-coach-rescued-video/

Edited July 2, 2018 by NCC1701A

[balo]

The pictures posted above are from the same video , so confirmed its the real pictures . The boys looks in remarkable good shape after 10 days , they have survived on water alone I guess.   

[funcat]

Great news...absolutely fantastic!! Thanks to all the rescuers for their efforts...First good news in long,long time!!Hope their all will be OK soon and back playing football...

[khaowong1]

Great news.  I hope they can get them all out in good condition. 

[getithere328]

 
  Blessed be and praise to the Lord. (And the rescuers) Such good news is rare these days.

I think the rescuers should get priority with any praise. Had they been relying on the ‘Lord’ they may have been in for a long wait.


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[Lumbini]

When You Believe

 

 

 

[cornishcarlos]

2 British divers found them, apparently... The fact that they were found is the main thing though, now to get them all out safely.

 

Good luck to everyone on site 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44688909

[InfinityandBeyond]

13 minutes ago, khaowong1 said:

So, from hearing this, in English, I'm guessing it wasn't Thai Navy Seals that found them.  Right anyone?  

Does it really matter? They are alive. 

Respect to all that contributed to the effort. 

The parents must be overcome with joy and anxious.  

Edited July 2, 2018 by InfinityandBeyond

[Petmag]

Great news and well done to all those involved to make this happen..

[chang1]

Looks like 2 of the 3 man British team found them in the end. Nice to see after they got so many derisory comments on here when they first arrived. I'm sure that they could not have done it without all the other teams that contributed though.

[PhilAtUbon]

30 minutes ago, khaowong1 said:

So, from hearing this, in English, I'm guessing it wasn't Thai Navy Seals that found them.  Right anyone?  

I would say that it wasn’t British guys who found them. I think it was a thousand people involved in the whole effort who found them.

 

The people who first determined that they would probably be on Pataya Beach; the guys relaying hundreds of air bottles through the almost impassable passages; the guys who worked tirelessly humping machinery and supplies...

 

I could imagine that the English guys who got there first may just have happened to be on shift at the time.

 

If you win a football match by six goals to five, it isn’t the last goal that won the match: it was all of them.

 

Edited July 2, 2018 by PhilAtUbon

[observer90210]

Well done to all who participated and hope that deserving credit is given with integrity and honesty to all those who contributed to save the children.

[Kadilo]

Fantastic news. Can’t wait for the movie!!

Well done to all involved. Just goes to show what the world can achieve when everyone pulls together. 

And as for the doubters and eternal doom and gloomers , well..........

[chang1]

17 minutes ago, PhilAtUbon said:

I would say that it wasn’t British guys who found them. I think it was a thousand people involved in the whole effort who found them.

 

The people who first determined that they would probably be on Pataya Beach; the guys relaying hundreds of air bottles through the almost impassable passages; the guys who worked tirelessly humping machinery and supplies...

 

I could imagine that the English guys who got there first may just have happened to be on shift at the time.

 

If you win a football match by six goals to five, it isn’t the last goal that won the match: it was all of them.

 

I imagine maybe they had the most experience and best equipment to make the final push before the others could have.

 

It's the goal scorers that get the glory not the defenders. 

 

We don't yet know why they were first. So a big well done to everyone especially the engineers that diverted the incoming water and set up the pumps that allowed the boys to be found by some awesome divers.

[Ron19]

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[Fish Head Soup]

8 minutes ago, chang1 said:

We don't yet know why they were first.

They were first because they are the two people who have the most experience and expertise in cave diving and rescue and were the people who were leading the team forward and were the two people who were laying guidelines for the Thai Navy Seals to follow, those are facts. They are the two people who were at the front line from when they got there.

 

They are both members of a cave rescue team in the UK. They hold many records for longest cave dives etc all over the world including caves in Everest.

 

If anyone wants to get an idea of who they are then 'google' Rick Stanton and John Volanthen. In normal life one of them is a firefighter and the other has an IT company.

 

 

[Nigeone]

So happy that there have been found and seemingly remarkably in good spirits and seem in good shape also considering . We all know that any rhetoric would be that it was Thai Seals etc that found them. It was a massive effort and I'm sure chaotic at times but they got there . Anyone who knows Brits in this sort of situation will know that the two guys won't look for credit as they have done what they came to do and the world knows that they are experts in there field . Can't take that away from them regardless what's said in days to come . Now the final push to,get them out which maybe as difficult as the last few days have been in reaching those trapped . Well done you guys ,!! 

Edited July 2, 2018 by Nigeone

[Marley01]

Awesome news, well done to all local and international rescuers.

[lvr181]

3 hours ago, Fish Head Soup said:

Yes fantastic news, now hopefully they can get them all out safely.

 

Strange choice of the word 'victims', but never mind.

 

3 hours ago, stament said:

I was so happy I didn't even notice the use of that word.  Agree strange choice, guessing list in translation maybe

Unfortunately the kids are "victims" of others irresponsibilities. But get them out safely first - the 'blame game' can wait.

 

Fantastic work and congratulations to all the rescuers at the site.

Edited July 2, 2018 by lvr181
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