BREAKING NEWS NINTH boy rescued from Tham Luang cave - Live updates

[Jonathan Fairfield]

NINTH boy rescued from Tham Luang cave - Live updates

 

Khoasod English and Sky News reports a ninth boy has made it out of the cave and is on the way to hospital.

 

Earlier Associated Press reported that an ambulance was seen leaving the cave

 

More info as we get it - hit refresh or scroll down for latest updates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.23

Sky News citing Reuters who cite official confirmation of ninth boy being extracted from cave

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.00

Reuters confirm a ninth and tenth boy have been rescued from the cave - story below

 

 

17.19

Unconfirmed report 11th boy is out of the cave

 

 

 

17.23

Reuters report 11th boy out of the cave - see updated story below

 

17.29

11th boy confirmed out, but contrary to reports on social media, 12th boy not yet out

 

 

 

 

17.30

report on the future of Tham Luang cave - read the full story here

 

 

17.42

Police escort turns sirens on - expecting more activity

 

 

 

 

17.45

Unconfirmed but how's this for a team ethic

 

 

 

 

17.58

 

 

 

 

18.06 

Unconfirmed report that the boys have been given anti anxiety medication before embarking on the dive

 

 

 

 

18.07

Hollywood producers already on the scene in Tham Luang

 

 

News.com.au reports that Hollywood producers are already in Chiang Rai plotting the movie!

 

Read the story here:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047669-thailand-cave-movie-hollywood-producers-already-on-the-scene/

 

 

18.10

reports of helicopters overhead suggest another evacuation is imminent

 

 

 

 

 

18.17 -

foreign journalist detained for flying drone

 

 

 

 

18.24

Helicopter believed to be on the way to Chiang Rai hospital

 

 

 

 

18.30

A Wild Boar is free from the cave!

 

 

 

18.35

AP footage of the 9th boy leaving the cave

 

 

 

18.36

UNCONFIRMED reports that all thirteen have been rescued

 

 

 

18.40 

Two English language live streams

 

 

 

 

18.47 

Australian news reports that all 13 are OUT - but as of yet unconfirmed elsewhere

 

 

 

 

18.49 - It's 12! According to Reuters

 

 

 

[anon7867763]

Great going ! The rescue crew are doing an amazing job.

Edited July 10, 2018 by johnsnapo

[Thailand]

What a great day, kudos to the Nth degree to all involved. 

Edited July 10, 2018 by Thailand

[djjamie]

Well done. 4 to go.

[durianhead]

earlier than the past two days. look's hopeful we will see all 5 out today at this rate. 

[Wilsonandson]

Hooyah!

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[DaveE13]

Keep them coming. 

What a day thus is 

[darksidedog]

Come on fellas, keep them coming. Tonight will be a time for great celebration.

[webfact]

That’s Nine: Another Boy Rescued From Cave

By Khaosod English

 

A drawing depicting the 13 members of the Wild Boar football team. Image: mosssuzy_thest / Instagram

 

CHIANG RAI — The ninth boy has been extracted from the Luang Khun Nam Nang Non cave after 17 days inside, signaling a promising start to the third and possibly final day of the massive rescue operation.

 

The unidentified boy was brought out at about 4:12pm, according to a source close to the operation who could not be identified because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2018/07/10/thats-nine-another-boy-rescued-from-cave/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2018-07-10

[webfact]

All 13 rescued from flooded Thai cave - navy SEAL unit

By John Geddie and Panu Wongcha-um

 

 

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - All 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for more than two weeks deep inside a flooded Thai cave have been rescued, a Thai navy SEAL unit said on Tuesday, a successful end to a perilous mission that has gripped the world.

 

"The 12 Wild Boars and coach have emerged from the cave and they are safe," the SEAL unit said on its official Facebook page.

 

The "Wild Boars" soccer team and their coach got trapped on June 23 while exploring the cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai after soccer practice and a rainy season downpour flooded the tunnels.

 

British divers found the 13, hungry and huddled in darkness on a muddy bank in a partly flooded chamber several kilometres inside the complex, on Monday last week.

 

After pondering for days how to get the 13 out, a rescue operation was launched on Sunday when four of the boys were brought out, tethered to rescue divers.

 

Another four were rescued on Monday and the last four boys and the coach were brought out on Tuesday.

 

Celebrations will be tinged with sadness over the loss of a former Thai navy diver who died last Friday while on a re-supply mission inside the cave in support of the rescue.

 

The last five were brought out of the cave on stretchers, one by one over the course of Tuesday, and taken by helicopter to hospital.

 

Three members of the SEAL unit and an army doctor, who has stayed with the boys since they were found, were the last people due to come out of the cave, the unit said.

 

Officials have not been commenting on the rescue mission as it has been taking place, so it was not clear what condition those brought out on Tuesday were in.

 

The eight boys brought out on Sunday and Monday were in good health overall and some asked for chocolate bread for breakfast, officials said earlier.

 

Two of the boys had suspected lung infections but the four boys from the first group rescued were all walking around in hospital.

 

Authorities have not confirmed the identity of the rescued boys and some of their parents said they had not been told who had been brought out.

 

They were not allowed to visit the hospital where the boys were taken.

 

The rescued boys had not been identified out of respect for the families whose sons were still trapped, officials had said.

 

The boys were still being quarantined from their parents because of the risk of infection and would likely be kept in hospital for a week to undergo tests, officials said earlier on Tuesday.

 

(Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um, Juarawee Kittisilpa, Patpicha Tanakasempipat, John Geddie and James Pomfret in CHIANG RAI, and Aukkarapon Niyomyat, Panarat Thepgumpanat, Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Chayut Setboonsarng in BANGKOK; Writing by James Pomfret; Editing by Paul Tait and Robert Birsel)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-07-10

 

 

 

Text updated 19.36

[webfact]

CONFIRMED: All 13 out of the cave

 

Thai Navy SEAL confirms 12 boys and their coach have left the cave

 

 

Update posted 18.55

 

 

 

 

[coulson]

Fantastic

[pathologix]

Are any news sources reporting on the water levels in the cave? Has pumping continued to bring the water down, or has rain counteracted the pumping? I'm wondering if the increased speed is in part due to better conditions within the cave. 

[chrisinth]

2 minutes ago, pathologix said:

Are any news sources reporting on the water levels in the cave? Has pumping continued to bring the water down, or has rain counteracted the pumping? I'm wondering if the increased speed is in part due to better conditions within the cave. 

They started earlier today than they had on Sunday & Monday.

 

Water levels were reported as the same as yesterday.

[Mattd]

3 minutes ago, pathologix said:

Are any news sources reporting on the water levels in the cave? Has pumping continued to bring the water down, or has rain counteracted the pumping? I'm wondering if the increased speed is in part due to better conditions within the cave. 

Probably a combination of lower water depths, better understanding of the evacuation and logistics.

[Sheryl]

8 minutes ago, pathologix said:

Are any news sources reporting on the water levels in the cave? Has pumping continued to bring the water down, or has rain counteracted the pumping? I'm wondering if the increased speed is in part due to better conditions within the cave. 

Governor has reported that water levels remained unaffected by the rains..

 

They succeeded after much effort in finding several sources of water entry into the cave and damming/diverting these. Together with the vigorous pumping this is what made the initial discovery of the boys and then their extraction possible, along of course with expert divers. Even the Brit expert cave divers could not make headway getting in at first, no diver could until the water levels were reduced.

 

Countless farmers agreed to allow their farmland to be flooded in this cause. Large numbers of rice fields and farm animals have been sacrificed. These people too are also heroes.

[Get Real]

1 minute ago, Sheryl said:

Countless farmers agreed to allow their farmland to be flooded in this cause. Large numbers of rice fields and farm animals have been sacrificed. These people too are also heroes.

That´s what Thai people do when they stand united. It´s great to see this part of the world as beautiful as I know it can be.

[Mattd]

1 minute ago, Sheryl said:

Countless farmers agreed to allow their farmland to be flooded in this cause. Large numbers of rice fields and farm animals have been sacrificed. These people too are also heroes.

Yes, there are many unsung heroes involved with this historic event, from the ones at the coal face right through to those providing the food, logistical support and so on, it is truly heart warming to see everybody pulling together as one.

[Kadilo]

Just now, Mattd said:

Yes, there are many unsung heroes involved with this historic event, from the ones at the coal face right through to those providing the food, logistical support and so on, it is truly heart warming to see everybody pulling together as one.

I’m really looking forward to hearing about all the individual stories of heroism once everyone is out safe and the euphoria has died down. 

There will be many unsung heroes we have as yet not heard about. 

 

[Sheryl]

Boy #9 left the cave at 4:06 PM

 

Boy # 10 at 4:33 PM

 

Waiting for news of the rest.

[darksidedog]

It seems that the coaches heroics are set to carry on to the end. When sick, he could have asked to be moved up the queue, but it seems has chosen, like the captain of a doomed ship, to be the last one off. Those boys are very lucky to have had a man of his calibre with him. He was probably the reason why this story is ending well.

[seajae]

reports on 11th out

 

[webfact]

Two more Mu Pa footballers removed from Tham Luang cave Tuesday

 

 

Two more young footballers of Mu Pa Academy football club on Tuesday separately emerged from Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai province on the day 3 of operation to remove the remaining four football players and their assistant coach.
 

Chief operation Narongsak Osottanakorn said earlier that the rescue authorities expected to remove all the stranded Mu Pa members from the cave today.

 

The operation that began on Sunday have already retrieved eight of the 13 Mu Pa members who got stuck in the cave since June 23.

 

The ninth boy emerged from the cave at 4pm while the tenth about 20 minutes later.

 

They received medical examinations at a field hospital erected near the cave.

 

They will follow the same pattern by boarding an ambulance to board helicopter to Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital.

The young Mu Pa Academy footballers, whose name have not been revealed, were taken by ambulance from the cave in Mae Sai district before boarding a chopper to Chiangrai Prachanukraw hospital in Muang district.

 

They became the second and the third to come out of the cave on day two of the operation to evacuate the footballers and their assistant coach from the cave, where they were stranded 15 days ago. On Monday, four of his team members were separately extracted from the cave and are receiving treatment at the hospital.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30349754

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-07-10

 

[Mattd]

1 minute ago, Kadilo said:

I’m really looking forward to hearing about all the individual stories of heroism once everyone is out safe and the euphoria has died down. 

This is true, there are still more to come out safely yet and I've got things crossed that shouldn't be for this all to end without anymore incident.

[Get Real]

2 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

It seems that the coaches heroics are set to carry on to the end. When sick, he could have asked to be moved up the queue, but it seems has chosen, like the captain of a doomed ship, to be the last one off. Those boys are very lucky to have had a man of his calibre with him. He was probably the reason why this story is ending well.

Yes, as I stated in an earlier post in another thread I was 100% sure he would be the last out.

[Sheryl]

Al-Jazeera reporting the 11th now out

[Sheryl]

As an aside, wonder how it is that Al-Jazeera has been ahead of all other media on this. there are reports that the foreign press are starting to spill out beyond the barricades. Someone might want to check the tall grass near the cave entrance for an Al-J reporter!

[stanleycoin]

Well done all involved. 

 

[Sheryl]

@camboguide 1m1 minute ago

TBS (Thai TV) reporting pumping at #ThamLuang has stopped. Which would indicate all (remaining 2 kids, coach, doctor, and Seals) are in the dry zone of the cave and probably out soon.

 

 

[lamyai3]

Incredible. They're getting faster every day...