I'm so so glad boys have been saved!! With some of the things about the choke point and the difficulty even for professionals, I was bracing myself for casualties and my heart was in my stomach, but it looks surprisingly doable! Those boys are going to have quite the story to tell. I wonder what they think of suddenly being the focus of people all around the world. I also wonder if they'll be traumatized by the experience, or being as vivacious explorers as they are, want to start taking swimming or diving lessons. I think if I were in such a position seeing the divers after ten days and then being rescued by them, they'd seem a bit like these amazing godlike figures. Then again, I've never been in a position remotely like this.
I still have a knot in my chest for the other boys, particularly if the weakest are coming last. It is still quite a monumental undertaking and things could still go wrong, so I'm still worried but much more hopeful based on the relative ease the first group made it out. The world will breathe a sigh of relief if they can all get out safely. So happy imagining them eating their fried chicken. As a mom myself of slightly younger kids, I couldn't help but place myself in their parents' position in my mind and have been following the story with horror and vague hope since the beginning.
