Youth Soccer Team Trapped in Cave in Thiland

**DJP** · 07-02-2018, 08:03 PM

Ten days now....and divers just found the whole team alive three miles into the seasonally flooded cave. I think they kept retreating further in the get away from rising waters.
That in itself is amazing. The search drivers had to dig out a narrow passage in order to fit the dive tanks through.

Next step....get each boy and the coach healthy and trained enough to cave dive back up.

Truly a lot of miracles taking place.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/07/0...s-rescued.html

**Gut_Pile** · 07-02-2018, 08:18 PM

Incredible story

**Moonlight Hunter** · 07-02-2018, 09:06 PM

Imagine living in darkness for 10 days. Those miners in, South America(?), were trapped for sixty-something days. I would never turn the lights off again.

**DJP** · 07-06-2018, 07:27 PM

Here is the latest.
One diver died trying to deliver oxygen tanks.
Kids can't swim because they are too weak and it is a five hour trek out.
Good Q and A article:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ned/764227002/

**Duck cutter** · 07-06-2018, 07:49 PM

The magnitude of the rescue operation is incredible

**kquinn** · 07-06-2018, 08:02 PM

It will take a miracle

**ecu1984** · 07-06-2018, 08:36 PM

The rescue diver that died was a US Navy Seal

**Moonlight Hunter** · 07-06-2018, 08:47 PM

It's been described as the "Mt. Everest" of cave dives. Unless they can get oxygen in there, no way those boys survive until October.

Hopefully they can pump enough water out to make the dive efforts less dangerous. Every single person who is working on the rescue efforts is a hero.

**Moonlight Hunter** · 07-06-2018, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by ecu1984

The rescue diver that died was a US Navy Seal

*Retired Thai Navy Seal

**Colin4** · 07-08-2018, 07:19 AM

At least two of the trapped kids have been rescued! Amen!

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**YoungBuckTX** · 07-08-2018, 07:23 AM

This is going to make one hell of a movie

**Steelin' Ducks** · 07-08-2018, 07:34 AM

I’ve been following this link all morning. I keep updating it. Seems two boys have left for the hospital and four more are about to walk out of the cave. As of 8:29 AM.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/44755093

**DJP** · 07-08-2018, 08:00 AM

Three are out now.

Edit
Make that four at 9:05.

Good stuff!

**JABIII** · 07-08-2018, 08:12 AM

6 now. That is half the team...

**Calibogue** · 07-08-2018, 08:12 AM

Pretty amazing rescue...

**JABIII** · 07-08-2018, 08:35 AM

Half of the soccer team trapped inside a flooded Thai cave have now been brought out after divers executed a carefully constructed rescue mission.

Six boys in total have been rescued so far as divers continue efforts to get the remaining six players and their soccer coach out. The condition of one of the first two boys rescued is 'causing concern', according to a senior health chief.

It's thought the starved and exhausted kids are currently being transported to hospital in a military helicopter. They were all treated at the cave's entrance before an ambulance drove them to a helicopter on standby.

Thirty-five emergency doctors are waiting at Chiang Rai Prachanukroh hospital 35miles away.

Only six of the stranded school boys will be evacuated tonight, the Thai Public Broadcast Service announced this evening.

It reported: ‘Only six of the boys will be taken out tonight.’

The six other youngsters – and their coach – will remain underground tonight and be rescued tomorrow, the state-funded news agency said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ccer-team.html