That ought to do it!
Posted on 07/10/2018 6:36:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
An elite team of Thai Navy SEALs and foreign rescue divers brought out the final four boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave near the Thai-Myanmar border, extracting the team through a labyrinth of tight passages after they spent two weeks trapped in darkness.
The operation on Tuesday moved quickly, raising hopes that all 12 boys and their adult coach from the Wild Boars soccer team would be at the surface by the end of the day.
"We are not sure if this is a miracle, a science, or what. All the thirteen Wild Boars are now out of the cave," the Thai navy SEALs, which is helping to lead the operation, said on its Facebook page.
Earlier, the unit had written, "Today, the boar's pack will be reunited again."
One by one, the last of the remaining four boys were carried to ambulances that whisked them to evacuation helicopters and finally, on to the hospital.
BREAKING: Everyone at the press centre - volunteers and media - near the cave site just applauded and cheered as a helicopter flew overhead - flying one or more of the boys to the hospital in Chiang Rai? #ThaiCaveRescue @AFP
— Richard Sargent (@rsargent79) July 10, 2018 Still to emerge from the cave: a doctor who has treated the 13 stranded people after they were found last Monday, and three Thai Navy SEAL divers who helped with the complicated and precarious rescue operation.
The boys, ranging in age from 11 to 16, and their coach, 25, set out to explore the Tham Luang Nang Non cave system on June 23, but they became trapped after heavy rains quickly flooded passages. Divers finally located them on July 2, allowing emergency crews to send them food and supplies.
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Thank you OLR. A curtsey to you.
What timing!
And they did give the boys a sedative to try to prevent panic.
Just so amazing and considering that some were very weak, one especially so concerned them they rushed him to the helipad wiithout thee police escort vehicles.
Much gratitude for answered prayers and the best possible outcome except the blessed one who laid down his life for his friends according to the Christian faith.
Thank God they are all right..
I haven’t been following this super close, but...why was this soccer team brought 3 miles into a cavern complex during monsoon season. I would assume that the risk would be known. If so, highly irresponsible.
On what grounds is he guilty of all this? What drives your "guilty before proven innocent" visceral reaction? Animus towards such authority figures in general?
While they fight for the right to murder such in the womb to prevent living entry into the world, and thus having to care for them. So much for "compassion" and "open borders."
THE football coach trapped with the Thai schoolboys in a flooded cave has cheated death before, aged 10, when a disease swept through his village, sparing only him. Ekkapol Chantawong was the only member of his family who survived the epidemic which overcame his Northern Thailand home town in 2003. The disease killed his seven-year-old brother, then his mother and father. Until he was 12, Mr Ekkapol was looked after by extended family but was a “sad and lonely” little boy, his aunt Umporn Sriwichai told The Australian newspaper.
“Because he had experienced the pain of losing loved ones since he was very young … we cannot stand such tragedies anymore.” But Mr Ekkapol is now reportedly suffering from malnutrition, after giving too much of the available food in the cave to the boys.
The boys became trapped when they entered the cave system, leaving their shoes and bags near the mouth of the cave to write their names on the wall. Dutch cave diver Ben Raymanents spoke with the trapped boys who told him it was a kind of initiation ritual.
The other article . states: The boys were at risk of suffering medium to long-term mental health issues like depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder
I think this is based on Western culture, with its sensationalist fear mongering and helicopter parenting, whereas these rural Asian kids have likely lived a life showing much self-reliance and doing adventurous things together that at least the liberal elite would never sanction.
That ought to do it!
“... Elon Musk .... opportunistic .... Not helpful .... self-promotional ....”
What he did is throw money and tech at the problem, providing alternatives. That is the resource he has — money/tech. If something had gone wrong with the chosen plan, perhaps Musk’s device would have been helpful.
Options are always good.
Most people sat on their hands.
Please Read Post #17 above.
Agree completely that they will be more resilient.
Even after the tremendous loss that the assistant coach loved thru, he learned meditation to help him. He found a new family in the soccer team. He is an example of resilience.
First footage of rescued Thai boys in hospital – video
Are you an idiot ? or just a trouble maker ? or lazy ???
Thanks!!! They all appear really well. That’s wonderful. But, I only counted 8 boys there. Did I miscount or are the others in a different area?
I left many comments throughout this discussion admitting that I wasn’t very informed about how it all started. While there’s still some ambiguity, it does appear that the coach and/or assistant coach was sacrificially helpful.
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