12 boys and football coach free from flooded Thai cave
- 6 years ago
There's an overwhelming sense of relief and joy in Thailand.... after the last remaining members of a youth football team were pulled out of a flooded cave on Tuesday.
All 13 are recovering in hospital after their ordeal,... but are said to be in good condition.
Ro Aram has this story.
The last remaining four boys and their football coach were extracted safely.
It marks an end to a complicated three-day operation to get the 13 members of Wild Boars football team out of the flooded cave in Chiang Rai province.
The 12 boys, aged between 11 and 16, and their 25-year-old coach became trapped inside the cave on June 23rd, sparking an international search and rescue operation.
Nine days later, they were found by British divers and Thai Navy SEALs.
Officials then spent days pondering how to get them out.
Diving was a cautious option as monsoon rain was raising water levels and most of the boys didn't know how to swim.
However to everyone's relief the daring mission paid off.
"The work we have achieved here, I think it is partly because we have power, the power of love, the power to love each other. Everyone sent it to the 13 persons, encouraging all officers to be able to work. The lesson we learned; I want to see the world love each other. I want to see Thailand love each other like what we accomplished today"
However, there was an air of sadness amidst the celebrations, as the crowd remembered a former Thai navy diver who lost his life last week on a re-supply mission inside the cave.
All 13 are in hospital and are said to be in relatively good condition.
The only mission left now is to get them home in good health.
Ro Aram, Arirang News.
All 13 are recovering in hospital after their ordeal,... but are said to be in good condition.
Ro Aram has this story.
The last remaining four boys and their football coach were extracted safely.
It marks an end to a complicated three-day operation to get the 13 members of Wild Boars football team out of the flooded cave in Chiang Rai province.
The 12 boys, aged between 11 and 16, and their 25-year-old coach became trapped inside the cave on June 23rd, sparking an international search and rescue operation.
Nine days later, they were found by British divers and Thai Navy SEALs.
Officials then spent days pondering how to get them out.
Diving was a cautious option as monsoon rain was raising water levels and most of the boys didn't know how to swim.
However to everyone's relief the daring mission paid off.
"The work we have achieved here, I think it is partly because we have power, the power of love, the power to love each other. Everyone sent it to the 13 persons, encouraging all officers to be able to work. The lesson we learned; I want to see the world love each other. I want to see Thailand love each other like what we accomplished today"
However, there was an air of sadness amidst the celebrations, as the crowd remembered a former Thai navy diver who lost his life last week on a re-supply mission inside the cave.
All 13 are in hospital and are said to be in relatively good condition.
The only mission left now is to get them home in good health.
Ro Aram, Arirang News.