[plain talk]

“Unsworth said the submarine “wouldn’t have made the first 50 meters into the cave” and was “just a PR stunt.”

Ouch. The truth hurts.

[TexasGator]

Vern Unsworth predicted that most of the kids would die in the swimmout. He was wrong. They all made it.

[Moonman62]

The system they ended up using was just like the submarine, but without being enclosed.

[TexasGator]

LOL! You take the word of a disgruntled wannabe as the truth?

[matthew fuller]

There’s a worse possibility than simple failure- the sub could have gotten disabled AND stuck in the cave, blocking the rescue. It does/did sound like an idiot idea and PR stunt.

[caww]

But it would have worked.....too many don't realize none of the kids swam out at all...they were sedated and wrapped in a green carry which was carried by the divers throughout the winding cave 'under water' and on land.......

The kids never out of this lift, used both underwater and on land, they were carried the whole way while they were sedated.

Their vitals were taken at specific areas along the way, as they remained in the carrier at all times....