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8 boys rescued from cave in Thailand as operation resumes on 2nd day (4 boys and coach left)
ABC News ^ | 07/09/2018 | By MARK OSBORNE BILL HUTCHINSON

Posted on 07/09/2018 9:07:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Dive teams in Thailand rescued four more boys from a flooded jungle cave Monday and were confident they will also be able to save the remaining four boys and their adult soccer coach still trapped in the cavern.

Chiang Rai provincial Gov. Narongsak Osatanakorn, speaking as the second day of the rescue mission got underway, predicted that all 12 of the boys on the soccer team and the coach will be safely brought out of the labyrinth where they went missing 17 days ago.

"I insist that all 13 will be safe and sound," Osatanakorn said.

Rescuers are hustling to bring the Wild Boar soccer team members out of the Tham Luang Nang Non cave before a monsoon rainstorm that is forecast for the area strikes, which could flood the cave again.

After the first four boys were brought out of the cave to safety Sunday, rescuers had planned to take a 10- to 20-hour pause to replenish the cave holding the remaining boys with oxygen and give the team of 18 divers who have been leading the boys on a perilous journey to safety a chance to rest. However, the rescue effort resumed a few hours earlier than planned on Monday.

About six hours after the rescue effort started again Monday, divers emerged with the fifth rescued boys in tow about 5 p.m. local time.

Over the next three hours, they brought out three other boys, the source close to the operation told ABC News.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: cave; rescue; thailand
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To: caww

Point duly noted, FRiend.

If exploring those caves is part of the local culture, then these Thais have a higher tolerance for risk than I do. My limit for cave exploration is the guided tour at Luray Caverns.


41 posted on 07/09/2018 1:19:50 PM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: USMCPOP

Thanks for your illuminating reply to my post.

Obviously, I was thinking in American terms — and there’s nothing that would get me into a cave unless it was a guided tour of a well-known attraction like Luray. Which I must admit was fascinating.


42 posted on 07/09/2018 1:53:43 PM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: Halls

It was the government’s fault for not having a warning label on the cave.


43 posted on 07/09/2018 1:57:25 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Seaplaner

I knew.


44 posted on 07/09/2018 1:59:51 PM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Idiocracy is Prophecy!)
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To: Nothingburger

“...If exploring those caves is part of the local culture...”

As a kid in the USA, I explored “caves”, holes in the ground, crawled through storm runoff pipes under shopping malls. All that. Adventure, curiosity, boredom. It’s free entertainment and a change from day-to-day existence. Thais tend to live in the moment, not thinking critically or far ahead. Same as a lot of people who lived off the land for thousands of years.

If only they would learn how to drive! Mother with a young child on a scooter, texting on a smart phone while driving in traffic ... that sort of thing. Cars and trucks zooming in the rain on oily roads, blaming a majority of accidents on “brake failure”. I think it’s “brain failure” - failure to start.

I lived in Thailand for 3 years, had only 1 motorcycle accident but I was young and pliable back then. Married a Thai gal 40 years ago, so I’ve had plenty of time to observe the behavior. They tend to ignore risk. If your time is up, it’s up.


45 posted on 07/09/2018 2:22:37 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: SeekAndFind
from The Guardian News tweet:


46 posted on 07/09/2018 2:54:36 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: caww
Risk is relative. Every summer, millions of Scout parents entrust their children to leaders as they attend Summer Camp. In America, guess what "high risk" activity (in the eyes of non-Americans) zillions of boys voluntarily undertake safely?


47 posted on 07/09/2018 3:57:11 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: Nothingburger

It’s Thailand. Don’t try to apply your behavioral assumptions. The coach didn’t do anything wrong.


48 posted on 07/09/2018 5:06:55 PM PDT by dinodino
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To: SeekAndFind

Video niece shared

https://www.facebook.com/66324567447/videos/10156867094627448/


49 posted on 07/09/2018 5:29:32 PM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: native texan

They may have gotten lost. Thought they were headed toward exit but we’re going deeper in cave.


50 posted on 07/09/2018 5:31:57 PM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: Nothingburger

When I was a teen I was a spelunker for a few years. We did some truly scary caves. I was too young to realize how dangerous they were. Now I look back and thank God I’m alive!


51 posted on 07/09/2018 6:46:03 PM PDT by freepertoo
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To: Seaplaner

Almost correct. Where are the homo-trans challenged seeking a reversal but denied main characters? Evil lugnut white guys?

There must be a place for rump riders—as there is in every other sodomized product from our great artistic nuthouses.

Say it aint so Mister!


52 posted on 07/09/2018 7:15:18 PM PDT by whistleduck ("....the calm confidence of a Christian with 4 aces".....S.)
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To: whistleduck
Your are correct, my good FRiend.

The LGBTQYADDAYADDA will be among the heroes; and, the bad actors will be from traditional, normal families.

And, as a bonus, even though the Thai Navy Seals are the real heroes, the (cough, cough) media will find several ways to potty on the Military, whether it be Thai or US.

53 posted on 07/09/2018 7:33:10 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...excepto for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: USMCPOP
Back in about 66 or 67 I read in the Bangkok Post about an accident where a Thai truck driver swerved off the road into a group of drunks killing several.

In court the driver explained that a ghost had appeared in the road so he swerved to avoid the ghost.

The judge agreed he did the right thing so only paid a small fine.

I was in Bkk from 6/66 ro 6/69.

54 posted on 07/09/2018 7:39:47 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again.)
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To: PraiseTheLord

Call someone an idiot and your name is PraiseTheLord. May you are the one being an idiot!


55 posted on 07/10/2018 8:59:24 AM PDT by Halls (I'm from Texas and I am pro life!)
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To: Halls

Oh,stop it.

You might want to obtain more silly things like FACTS before you pass judgement on the coach.

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56 posted on 07/10/2018 9:02:11 AM PDT by Mears
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To: ASA Vet

Thai justice... SIGH. Fines are very low, even in the case of fatal accidents.

There are dozens of videos of Thai accidents on line, now that dash cams and CCTV are popular. Many show motorcyclists launched airborne. Seems that Thai car drivers would rather intentionally hit a bike to avoid a car. Cheaper to pay for the bikers funeral than expensive car repairs?


57 posted on 07/10/2018 1:43:26 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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