Airport director leads tributes to heroic diver "Ja Sam" on anniversary of Tham Luang cave rescue bid

[webfact]

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Suvarnabhumi airport director Kittipong Kittikhajorn led officals and friends of a heroic diver who died in the famous rescue of a dozen boys and their coach from a flooded cave in Chiang Rai in 2018.

 

It was four years to the day yesterday since Saman Gunan - known affectionately as Ja Sam - died in the rescue that made international headlines and resulted in a movie. 

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

For several weeks in June and July 2018 the entire world focused on the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai.

 

The four year anniversary of the diver's death was marked with merit making at a memorial celebration at a shrine within the airport grounds, reported Siam Rath. 

 

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[internationalism]

navy seal dies in cave rescue near Birma border, and director of the airport 700km away holds memorial ceremonies?

no, his death was not heroic in any sense, it was just tragic. An accident, a freak one. Probably happens at BKK airport every year, just not reported in the media.

How this death is connected to aviation industry?

 

or it's just PR operation form a half-employed, half-qualified political party nominated director, who doesn't know what to do with his working time and needs to fill his hours with meaningless activities?

 

 

[Srikcir]

Wouldn't a shrine and ceremony at the cave be more relevant?

But then it would not it be the Minister of the Interior who would lead the ceremony and not the Airport Director? Part of the role of the MoI is emergency management, ie., within Thailand lands. 

[Mr Meeseeks]

2 hours ago, internationalism said:

or it's just PR operation form a half-employed, half-qualified political party nominated director, who doesn't know what to do with his working time and needs to fill his hours with meaningless activities?

A lot of this goes on in the corporate sector too. 

 

I organised an important training programme for some of my key staff that involved visiting an industrial work-site so they could gain experience and knowledge of operations in that sector. 

 

It was turned into a working lunch by one of the Thai directors who decided to take marketing and HR along because female. 

 

The guys that needed the experience never got it. 

 

A waste of time and effort. 

 

But a lot of self-congratulatory back-slapping and they brought sandwiches back to the office. ????‍♂️ 

 

 

[Tropposurfer]

Brave people, Heroes all who went into those narrow highly dangerous caves risked all, one gave his life to save others ???????????????? 

Edited July 7, 2022 by Tropposurfer

[Papilon]

9 hours ago, internationalism said:

navy seal dies in cave rescue near Birma border, and director of the airport 700km away holds memorial ceremonies?

no, his death was not heroic in any sense, it was just tragic. An accident, a freak one. Probably happens at BKK airport every year, just not reported in the media.

How this death is connected to aviation industry?

 

or it's just PR operation form a half-employed, half-qualified political party nominated director, who doesn't know what to do with his working time and needs to fill his hours with meaningless activities?

 

 

Saman Gunan, the Thai Navy SEAL worked high level security in Suvarnabhumi Airport as do many Thai Seals and other SOF team members.

 

 

 

[scorecard]

7 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

A lot of this goes on in the corporate sector too. 

 

I organised an important training programme for some of my key staff that involved visiting an industrial work-site so they could gain experience and knowledge of operations in that sector. 

 

It was turned into a working lunch by one of the Thai directors who decided to take marketing and HR along because female. 

 

The guys that needed the experience never got it. 

 

A waste of time and effort. 

 

But a lot of self-congratulatory back-slapping and they brought sandwiches back to the office. ????‍♂️ 

 

 

For decades one of the mainstrem banks organized various training programs every yearmostly to do with al operating efficiencies, international methoologies, new technology and banking processes which led to foreex gains etc. All very valuable for the bank and for the development of the staff actually working in these fields.

 

All those who attended such programs were much older snr., staff who were close to retirement, most had no working connection to and no knowledge whatever of the subjects involved.

 

They were nominated as a thank you for their long service to the bank.

 

Edited July 7, 2022 by scorecard

[Mr Meeseeks]

11 hours ago, Papilon said:

Saman Gunan, the Thai Navy SEAL worked high level security in Suvarnabhumi Airport as do many Thai Seals and other SOF team members.

 

 

 

I have a couple ex Thai Navy Seals working for me. 

[PremiumLane]

22 hours ago, internationalism said:

navy seal dies in cave rescue near Birma border, and director of the airport 700km away holds memorial ceremonies?

no, his death was not heroic in any sense, it was just tragic. An accident, a freak one. Probably happens at BKK airport every year, just not reported in the media.

How this death is connected to aviation industry?

 

or it's just PR operation form a half-employed, half-qualified political party nominated director, who doesn't know what to do with his working time and needs to fill his hours with meaningless activities?

 

 

Who took the jam out of your doughnut?

 

He had connections to the airport, so why can't they remember and honor him? 

[digbeth]

22 hours ago, internationalism said:

navy seal dies in cave rescue near Birma border, and director of the airport 700km away holds memorial ceremonies?

no, his death was not heroic in any sense, it was just tragic. An accident, a freak one. Probably happens at BKK airport every year, just not reported in the media.

How this death is connected to aviation industry?

 

or it's just PR operation form a half-employed, half-qualified political party nominated director, who doesn't know what to do with his working time and needs to fill his hours with meaningless activities?

 

 

his last employment was an airport guard where he volunteered to go to the cave rescue, he's also a well known figure at the airport cycle track greeting visitors and is often seen out on patrol on his bike too. I think they might have a statue of a plaque dedicated to him there too, so he's seen as a 'local hero' for the airport staff

 

is his death preventable had he not ventured where he doesn't have the skills for? that's a better discussion