How did the boys get out?
All of the 12 Thai boys who became stranded inside a flooded cave network were successfully rescued, along with their coach on Wednesday (11/7/2018). The perilous operation to extract them took place as rainy weather moved in ...
18 days underground: the key events
The Moo Pa (Wild Boars)
academy team, whose ages range from 11 to 16, became trapped with their
25-year-old coach, Ekaphol Chantawong, inside the six-mile Tham Luang cave in
the Doi Nang Non mountain range on 23 June.
Nine days later rescue
divers located the team sheltering on a ledge surrounded by water. About two
miles of narrow, flooded passageways separated their refuge from the main
entrance. Efforts to pump water out began immediately as authorities tried to
take advantage of a break in monsoon rains.
How did the rescue work?
Round-the-clock pumping
paid off with conditions said to be walkable in some parts of the cave. But the
rescue operation still hinged on the boys using scuba equipment despite having
no previous diving experience. Each boy was to be accompanied by two divers
with the rescuers facing an 11-hour round trip.
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