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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Consider that it might be taken out of context. It’s possible Elon Musk was asked what he accomplished while he was there. I didn’t hear him taking credit for the rescue in that statement.
Agreed about what Elon Musk did. Not only self-promoting and opportunistic, but arrogant...like the Thais couldn’t handle it without big chief American billionaire’s assistance.
I wonder about the Hollywood version.
We know they are Thai. Are there enough boys in Hollywood of Thai ancestry, to play the parts?
And in today’s PC world, would the movie be made as an English speaking movie? But if they did have Thai ancestry boys play the parts, wouldn’t it violate political correctness if they speak English in the movie?
The boys used to explore the cave after their games. When they didn’t return, the coach went looking for them. He risked his life for the kids.
thanks i didnt know that...
Kudos all around.
Watched Fox this morning they had Marcus Luttrell on and he explained that after soccer games the team would go the Cave to touch the back wall and come out sort of a ritual they had.
Was wondering when the knee-jerking would start
Yeah. I'm struggling to believe he was behaving altruistically -- but I'm failing.
BAWHAHHAA...
i now have yet another coffee filled keyboard...
A couple of things to know to counter wrong views of what happened:
1. The Thai soccer coach did NOT lead the boys into the cave, he found their bicycles and went into the cave seeking them out. His presence was heroic as he helped calm them, rationed food, and led them in prayer.
2. The boys and the coach were driven further into the cave by waters rushing in from Monsoon rains. The boys did not know how to swim. Their only reaction was to run away. They ended up several miles deep into the cave from the entrance.
It is a MIRACLE that none of the boys lost their lives.
The boys were rescued by an international team and supported by locals. All are heroes as they risked their lives in the effort. One diver gave his life for the rescue as he brought oxygen and returned without enough for himself.
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Thank you for that good summary, Hostage.
Ann Coulter retweeted @Lincoln&Grant:
“Everywhere you look - schools, TV, pop culture, the media - there is a war on men and masculinity... Until some kids get stuck in a cave. Then, all of a sudden, we need (and respect) the bravest, strongest, and brightest among us...”
A solution more grandiose than the problem called for.
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Real men can get us out of caves in more ways than one.
Now we get to ask, “what the heck was that coach thinking?”
RE: Now we get to ask, “what the heck was that coach thinking?”
See Post #17 above.
Maybe Asians speaking English, and overdubbed for other languages. I’m not sure they need to go to the trouble of as authentic looking a production as “Passion of the Christ.”
My soccer coach was very successful, state champions. He never took us caving, maybe it's not a necessary risk to get the most out of your players.
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