Missing Thai boys, coach found alive after nine days trapped in cave MAE SAI
Thailand: Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded Thai cave for nine days were found alive late on Monday (Jul 2) after a painstaking search by specialist divers who finally discovered the emaciated group on a mud embankment. There had been no contact with the boys, aged between 11 and 16, since they went missing with their 25-year-old coach on Jun 23. The massive international rescue effort had for days been hampered by heavy rains that flooded the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand, blocking access to chambers where it was hoped the group would be found alive. But late on Monday, Chiang Rai provincial governor broke the news of their rescue by naval divers, delighting a nation which has anxiously followed every twist and turn of the dramatic effort to save them. Thai Navy SEAL divers were joined by three British cave divers and a team of American military personnel from the US Pacific Command, including para-rescue and survival specialists. The team''s morale was hit when a former Thai Navy SEAL, Saman Kunan, 38, died while helping lay out oxygen tanks underground. He was the only casualty of the operation. The rescue gripped the world, with much praise focusing on the Navy SEALs and the international team of divers who helped them, toiling for days in dangerous conditions to get the boys out. A former Thai Navy SEAL diver died during the mission. At 10km long, Tham Luang cave is one of Thailand''s longest and one of the toughest to navigate, with its snaking chambers and narrow passageways
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Thailand: Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded Thai cave for nine days were found alive late on Monday (Jul 2) after a painstaking search by specialist divers who finally discovered the emaciated group on a mud embankment. There had been no contact with the boys, aged between 11 and 16, since they went missing with their 25-year-old coach on Jun 23. The massive international rescue effort had for days been hampered by heavy rains that flooded the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand, blocking access to chambers where it was hoped the group would be found alive. But late on Monday, Chiang Rai provincial governor broke the news of their rescue by naval divers, delighting a nation which has anxiously followed every twist and turn of the dramatic effort to save them. Thai Navy SEAL divers were joined by three British cave divers and a team of American military personnel from the US Pacific Command, including para-rescue and survival specialists. The team''s morale was hit when a former Thai Navy SEAL, Saman Kunan, 38, died while helping lay out oxygen tanks underground. He was the only casualty of the operation. The rescue gripped the world, with much praise focusing on the Navy SEALs and the international team of divers who helped them, toiling for days in dangerous conditions to get the boys out. A former Thai Navy SEAL diver died during the mission. At 10km long, Tham Luang cave is one of Thailand''s longest and one of the toughest to navigate, with its snaking chambers and narrow passageways
Thai Navy SEAL divers were joined by three British cave divers and a team of American military personnel from the US Pacific Command, including para-rescue and survival specialists. The team''s morale was hit when a former Thai Navy SEAL, Saman Kunan, 38, died while helping lay out oxygen tanks underground. He was the only casualty of the operation. The rescue gripped the world, with much praise focusing on the Navy SEALs and the international team of divers who helped them, toiling for days in dangerous conditions to get the boys out. A former Thai Navy SEAL diver died during the mission. At 10km long, Tham Luang cave is one of Thailand''s longest and one of the toughest to navigate, with its snaking chambers and narrow passageways
