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12 boys and soccer coach stuck in Thailand Cave [All rescued] (Read OP)
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I think they found traces of them in the cave. The shoes, footprints and so on, that's why they kept searching them deeper and deeper into the cave.
The cave itself was fairly well known. They had identified the logical refuge point early on, but rising water levels meant that they retreated further in.
Finding them in time was the actual surprising bit.
The whole operation so far has been nothing short of impressive. From the heroism of the rescue divers, to the countless people helping with logistics, providing halal food for Muslim rescue workers, etc. The show of community and empathy is inspiring.
Major kudos for designing, making and testing it in a week!
Who knows how useful this will be in some other situations. And if the water situation gets worse in Thailand, it may be even useful there.
Yeah. There is no exit obviously the way they went so I guess it was just a matter of time. I've watched quite a few cave diving videos since this all started and I have a new appreciation for what these guys have done. I thought I was squeamish watching people up on high buildings, this takes the anxiety to a whole other level.
Very well said, completely agree with all of it.
The thai government asked the 3 brits who found them to come over. They had previously explored the cave and were familiar with the layout. They had knowledge of where the high points were so had a rough idea of where the boys would be if they had gone deeper into the cave.
As luck would have it, they found them on the second known likely location.
No matter the dimensions a rigid pod isn't going to be able to flex itself around tight spaces.
Just repeating this as a last reminder. This is not an Elon Musk thread.
The cave was already at least roughly mapped out to where the boys are and some way beyond that, so they weren't going in completely blind. I believe they had a few possible locations they were expecting to find them. At the first one ("Pattaya Beach") they didn't, so they kept going in deeper.
They went in, then had to flee from water, went in deeper and deeper as the water rose.
It was still people need to respect the admins and mod rules, let's stay on topic
So apparently someone was flying a drone over the location yesterday. Geez people, just let them do what they need to without distractions...
And this is good to see. They reportedly were worried about refeeding syndrome so prob having to take it really slow right now.
And this is good to see. They reportedly were worried about refeeding syndrome so prob having to take it really slow right now.
No i meant it was literally a post by Cerium and then it changed and was a post by a mod. Same text. Same place, Suddenly a different person.
Unless im going insane.
Jonneh was asked to post it, he didn't reply for a few minutes, so I posted it. Then he came back and I didn't want him to have bothered for nothing.
At any rate, please stay on topic.
Okay sorry. It's 4 am and I thought I was going mad.
Anyway I thought they were resuming operations?
They have. The same divers that went in originally have gone back in. They're doing a briefing now apparently so hopefully more specifics soon.
edit: just posted this:
So a little over 4 hours ago they went back in.
That is a good sign when you are sick but younare hungy it's always a good sign
We will also we will try to keep other people on topic thank you
Yes they resumed the operations 6 hours ago
That sounds very promising. Should be another smooth operation today unless something unexpected happens.
If the water levels are as good as yesterday even after rain it must mean that the combo of pumping, drilling and making small damns must be pretty effective.
The wife and father of the hero diver Saman Gunan talk about their loss.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-44758082/thai-cave-wife-and-father-mourn-hero-diver
I hope he is truly honored in the country so his sacrifice is remembered strongly within everyone.
R.I.P.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-44758082/thai-cave-wife-and-father-mourn-hero-diver
I hope he is truly honored in the country so his sacrifice is remembered strongly within everyone.
R.I.P.
You'd need a hella lot of plants to really do anything. But they've installed a oxygen pipe or something I believe? Not sure if it's all the way in where the kids are though.
Officials just said that the stronger and healthier boys will be coming out first and are expected to come out in another 4 to 5 hours.
I know there's an obvious answer to this, at least I imagine there is, but I can't think of what it would be: Why do you bring out the healthy and strong ones first? Wouldn't you want to get those most in need of care out and to the hospital?
They did also say 'the most ready' so maybe it's more about that.
I know there's an obvious answer to this, at least I imagine there is, but I can't think of what it would be: Why do you bring out the healthy and strong ones first? Wouldn't you want to get those most in need of care out and to the hospital?
They did also say 'the most ready' so maybe it's more about that.
Probably they want the weaker kids to get as much time as possible to get nutrition etc, and hopefully become a bit stronger, before it's their turn. They also said that they hope that hearing their friends made it out safely will be a morale boost.
Maybe they use the time to train those that don't feel ready. Basically use every minute to prepare them until they feel comfortable (as well as can be expected)
Thanks, I knew there would be a good reason. That makes complete sense and obviously it's completely understandable for some of them to have apprehension.
Also, the four who came out yesterday were the weakest, so presumably those remaining are all in a relatively decent state.
The first video we saw of them, they all looked in very good spirits. Incredibly brave of them to go through this like they have. After 9 days in a completely black cave (before they were found) I'd be an absolute mess.
Nope, they were the "strongest, most ready ones".
And other reports say the coach was already brought out because he was very weak due to having given the kids most of the food and water they had. Lots of confusion.
A combo of the weaker kids having more time to recover and then letting the volunteers get more proficient in the operation as they get more experience with the dives. Remember that something like this has never been tried before.
Reymenants is an active diver at the scene though, there's more reason to believe him because he's involved in the rescue.
Why just one though... They're supposed to be coming out in groups of three or four. But hopefully that doesn't mean anything has gone wrong.