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Twelve boys, aged between 11 and 16 and their football coach, who have been missing for nine days, have been found by divers.Twelve boys, aged between 11 and 16 and their football coach, who have been missing for nine days, have been found by divers.
Footage of the group, shot by the British divers who reached them first, showed the boys and their coach huddled on a ledge surrounded by water. They said they were hungry and asked what day it was and if they could leave.Footage of the group, shot by the British divers who reached them first, showed the boys and their coach huddled on a ledge surrounded by water. They said they were hungry and asked what day it was and if they could leave.
The military are sending in food provisions to last the boys and their football coach more than four months, as well as medication. Officials are sending in divers to secure the location where the boys and their coach are currently trapped by high water levels.
Various options are being explored including teaching the boys – none of whom know how to swim – to dive or waiting for the water to subside, which could take months. Rescue teams are still pumping water out of the cave network. There are fears that conditions are too dangerous to remove the boys immediately and so the military are sending in food provisions to last the group for up to four months, until the end of the monsoon season, when water levels recede making conditions safer to rescue the group.
Divers will stay with the group while they wait to be extracted and will use the time to teach them how to use scuba gear, to aid with their eventual rescue.
The Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osottanakorn told reporters they were looking at all options, but “I don’t think they will be home soon.”The Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osottanakorn told reporters they were looking at all options, but “I don’t think they will be home soon.”
The boys have been provided with energy gels to sustain them and divers are in the caves to keep them company. Medical staff have conducted examinations of the group and report they are all in good health with at most “light injuries”. A medical team has been sent in to assess the health of the trapped boys and their coach and reported back that they are all in good health or having only “light” injuries.
A rescue diver has said the boys were “very weak, but alive”.
Cave rescue experts have warned that any attempts to remove the boys while waters remain high could be “unbelievably dangerous” for the boys and their rescuers, given the conditions.Cave rescue experts have warned that any attempts to remove the boys while waters remain high could be “unbelievably dangerous” for the boys and their rescuers, given the conditions.
There has been jubilation in Thailand at the news the boys and their coach are alive, especially among relatives who have been keeping vigil outside the entrance since the boys were reported missing on Saturday 23 June.There has been jubilation in Thailand at the news the boys and their coach are alive, especially among relatives who have been keeping vigil outside the entrance since the boys were reported missing on Saturday 23 June.
The Thai prime minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, wished the group a “safe and speedy recover” and thanked the rescuers, including the foreign teams who have flocked from Australia, Japan, the US and Britain to help with the search.The Thai prime minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, wished the group a “safe and speedy recover” and thanked the rescuers, including the foreign teams who have flocked from Australia, Japan, the US and Britain to help with the search.
The young football team, made up of 12 boys aged between 11 and 16, and their coach went missing on Saturday 23 June, after monsoon rains trapped them inside the Tham Luang cave network.The young football team, made up of 12 boys aged between 11 and 16, and their coach went missing on Saturday 23 June, after monsoon rains trapped them inside the Tham Luang cave network.
They were found on Monday night after a nine-day round-the-clock search involving international teams of divers.They were found on Monday night after a nine-day round-the-clock search involving international teams of divers.
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