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Found alive on tenth day, Thai boys wait to be brought safely out of flooded cave

 

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A family member looks at a photo near Tham Luang cave complex, as members of under-16 soccer team and their coach have been found alive according to a local media's report in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 2, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Twelve boys and their soccer coach found alive after ten days trapped deep inside a flooded cave will have to bear their ordeal for longer while rescuers work out how to bring them safely out, the governor of Chiang Rai province said on Tuesday.

 

Divers struggled through narrow passages and murky waters to discover the boys late on Monday night on an elevated rock about 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) from the mouth of the cave.

 

A video shot by rescuers in flickering torchlight revealed boys clad in shorts and red and blue shirts sitting or standing on the rock above an expanse of water.

 

"How many of you are there - 13? Brilliant," a member of the multinational rescue team, speaking in English, tells the boys. "You have been here 10 days. You are very strong."

 

"Thank you," one of the boys says.

 

One of the boys asks when they will get out of the cave, to which the rescuer answers: "Not today. You have to dive."

 

Two British divers, John Volanthen and Rick Stanton, were first to reach the boys, having had strong experience in cave rescues, according to Bill Whitehouse, the vice chairman of the British Cave Rescue Council (BCRC).

 

They found the group along with a team of Thai navy SEAL divers.

 

The boys survival was greeted with jubilation nationwide by Thais who have followed every twist of the harrowing story.

 

Aged between 11 and 16, the boys went missing with the 25-year-old after soccer practice on June 23 after they set out to explore the Tham Luang cave complex in a forest park near Thailand's northern border with Myanmar.

 

Rescuers now have to decide how best to get the group out in their weakened condition.

 

"If you ask me now while we are still assessing all sides then I don't think they will be home soon,"Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osottanakorn told reporters.

 

The group's health was assessed overnight by medical teams which will continue to check the health of the group on Monday, said Narongsak, explaining that the boys had sustained light injuries.

 

"We categorized their health condition as red, yellow or green, red being the most severe injuries, yellow being mild and green being light. Yesterday, unofficially, we assessed that most are in the green category," said Narongsak.

 

Narongsak said rescue workers would now focus on the "rescue" phase and then a handover to medical teams waiting outside the cave.

 

(Additional reporting by Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panarat Thepgumpanat; Writing by Amy Sawitta Lefevre; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)

 
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Great news last night.  It brightened my thoughts.  

Well done to all those directly involved, especially those in the cave system supporting the divers and most especially to the rescue divers.  They are the very best at what they do.  

Well done to the coach for taking them into the cave (this will be sorted out later I'm sure) and keeping them safe.  
Well done to the 12 kids for being incredibly strong and I dare say brave.  Not a lot of kids can say they were trapped in a dark flooded cave for 10 days. 

 

This was a great learning experience for all those involved. 

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7 minutes ago, MaxLee said:

Great job, you International guys,..... 

 

Somebody in power won't like it, that some professional Falang has stolen their spotlight,..... if you know what I mean..... 

You are 'exceptional' - lesser the better.

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Rescuers Should Learn From British Cave Team: Analyst

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

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Robert Charles Harper, left, and diver Richard William Stanton, middle, at Tham Luang Nang Non in Chiang Rai last week.

 

CHIANG RAI — A British trio was the first to find 12 missing boys and their football coach alive inside a northern cave complex on the ninth night of their rescue efforts – but some weren’t surprised.

 

Pipob Udomittipong, foreign affairs commentator, said he was unsurprised the small foreign team discovered the group first instead of Thai rescuers – comprised of hundreds of officers.

 

Full story:  http://www.khaosodenglish.com/featured/2018/07/03/rescuers-should-learn-from-british-cave-team-analyst/

 
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