I just saw this. Why is this international news. Are they American boys?
No, they are Thai boys. The reason it has international coverage is because of the near superhuman efforts in action to save lives.
See the video in #14 to understand what they are up against.
“I just saw this. Why is this international news. Are they American boys?”
Have you been in a cave the last two weeks?
Come on up to northern Alberta so I can slap you upside the head.
And it is international news because as a species we tend to respond when children are in peril. It is a biological imperative to care.
“Our behavior is different. How often have you seen a headline like this?--TWO DIE ATTEMPTING RESCUE OF DROWNING CHILD. If a man gets lost in the mountains, hundreds will search and often two or three searchers are killed. But the next time somebody gets lost just as many volunteers turn out. Poor arithmetic, but very human. It runs through all our folklore, all human religions, all our literature--a racial conviction that when one human needs rescue, others should not count the price.”
- Robert A. Heinlein