Posted on 07/08/2018 6:30:19 PM PDT by Simon Green
I read elsewhere that each boy had two guides. One Thai and one from another country. One in front and one on back. Actually there was a diagram too.
>>some on our Navy Seals are on site
I don’t know for sure, of course, but I doubt it. Navy divers perhaps, but not SeALs, who are more combat divers. The people that are helping are likely experienced cave divers — which the Thai seal may not have been.
Kids are pretty resilient and these kids are competitors,
They have a good chance.
It was reported in June that US Military was there supporting operations:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-news-us-uk-search-thailand-cave-20180628-story.html
Psychologically the body is a weird thing, You’ll kinda go on auto pilot just to stay alive, then when your safe, you just collapse, knees buckle, and you might sleep for 3 days.
10 days with no contact or food is rough stuff.
They have contact and food now.
How did they get in there in the first place then? Especially that far in?
Didn’t know he ran out of oxygen. Maybe someone can answer...did he possibly spend extra time setting out the oxygen tanks or have a problem getting them set up, and not realize it took too much time from his own air supply? I was sorry to read about his death, was just trying to understand how it happened.
May he be quite welcome and honored in the afterlife.
I am surprised that the coach was in the first group of four.Apparently.
They had been in the cave before.
That is a blessing as they know the passages, but not underwater...
Lord hear our prayers...
Only he knows and an investigation will make an after report.
They went further into the cave to escape the rising waters.
And learn from the fate of John Jones and the nasty little Nutty Putty Cave.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutty_Putty_Cave
Search for this cave and the nuts wedged in all different areas in photos. You can also find it on YouTube. People are nuts.
I get ill just looking at the pic-—I can’t even IMAGINE going through that place.
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------ a complicated rescue, but at least the water levels are lower today. The real worry is that more storms will make the flooding worse.
Maybe the seals are doing the swimming....and the boys are hitching a ride....it would be a daunting task for a young nonswimmer. Non diver...non spelunker to do on their own....not to mention the possibility of panic or disorientation of the young men...may God give them all strength and composure.
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