Granted, I am not a diving expert, but it seems to me, a few anchors, some rope/cable, and a few diving helmets, and you could have those kids out in an hour.
If grown adult divers with cameras and supplies can physically fit, then kids could fit.
This whole thing is weird. Get it together thailand.
You're right, you're not a diviing expert... didn't even dive very deep into the article: :-)
Gary Mitchell, the group's assistant vice chairman, said getting out of the cave requires about a kilometer (half a mile) of diving total, though not all in one stretch, and takes about three hours.
“Granted, I am not a diving expert, but...”
The kids could panic. They could not know how to clear their mask and drown. They could go through a tank quickly if they hyperventilate. They don’t even know how to swim. At one passage the divers had to take off their tanks, something that is normally practiced and could have complications.They probably will not have fins due to the cave environment making the swimming slow.
If one rescuer can make it through, they should be able to pull them out one by one. Maybe the ground is unstable or something.
Actually they do have it quite together with Thai Navy seals and British expert divers, and other international help. Due the difficulty they had getting to the team they are reluctant to attempt an underwater extraction, and are pumping out massiuve amounts of water. But then the weather changes...
Pray and pump. In the name of Jesus.
Former Thai navy SEAL working to rescue soccer team trapped in a cave has died 7/6/2018, 9:42:23 AM · by SES1066 · 22 replies Business Insider ^ | 07/06/18 | Tara Francis Chan A former Thai Navy SEAL died early Friday while placing oxygen tanks in the cave where a Thai soccer team has been stuck for nearly two weeks. ... The volunteer diver, who has been identified as 38-year-old Saman Kunan, died from a lack of oxygen early around 1 a.m. on Friday morning. ... More than 100 Thai Navy SEALS are working on the rescue mission as well as divers from Australia, the US, UK, China, and other countries.