![]() The riskiest parts of the rescue were still to come. The boys had a lot of questions: What day was it? (Monday.) How long had they been trapped? (Ten days.) Could they leave right away? One by one, the boys emerged from around a dark corner on a narrow rock shelf. More than a mile and a half from the cave’s entrance, on day nine of the search, Stanton and Volanthen surfaced once more. Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP via Getty Images Thai soldiers in the cave on June 26, 2018 The rescuers didn’t know how deep into the cave they would need to go, nor whether they would find any survivors. The cave system-one of the longest in Thailand-stretches six miles long. Outside, the world watched as rescuers searched for 12 boys and their soccer coach, all of whom were trapped somewhere in the flooded tunnels. ![]() ![]() (Levels below 16 percent can trigger hypoxia, a type of oxygen depletion that causes headaches, confusion and restlessness.) In other parts of the cave system, the tunnels were fully submerged, forcing the divers to swim against strong currents through harrowingly narrow spaces, some as small as 3 feet wide and 2 feet tall. They did notice, though, that oxygen was low-around 15.6 percent. When they reached sections with air pockets, they swam to the surface and called out.įor the first severa l days, Rick Stanton and John Volanthen heard nothing. The caves are not particularly popular with visitors to the province, but the incident and the rescue mission will alert authorities to the danger of allowing people access to the cave system particularly during the rainy season.Swimming through the labyrinthine tunnels of the Tham Luang cave in summer 2018, the two divers couldn’t see their hands in front of their faces. On Tuesday, Thailand’s Channel 3 shared footage of parents and relatives of the missing boys who had gathered at the entrance of the cave, where the boys had left their bicycles, backpacks and shoes. Officials said, Monday afternoon, they believe the group is still alive and have gone further into the cave than rescuers have been able to reach so far.Įarlier, The Nation reported that rescue workers had received information that there are two ceiling passages, which would allow search teams to descend into the cave aiding rescue efforts. Water pumps, power lines and communication sub stations have been erected at the entrance to the cave to assist the rescue operation. On Monday a team of Navy SEAL divers joined the rescue operation to help search through the cave complex, which is believed to be up to 8 km long and contains numerous chambers and caverns. Rescuers have been searching for the boys, age between 11 and 15, and their 25-year old football coach, after the mother of one of the boys reported him missing on Saturday afternoon. Rising floodwaters, due to heavy rain in the area, forced rescuers to suspend the search for the missing group on Monday evening before resuming at first light on Tuesday. It appears to show almost zero visibility as rescuers search the Tham Luang caves. Thai showed a clip, shared by rescue worker, Wiangchai Berm Kunngamkwandee. ![]() Videos released, Tuesday, showed the difficult conditions rescue teams were facing in the search for 12 members of an under-16 soccer team and the coach, who have gone missing for three days in a labyrinth of caves in near Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province. CHIANG RAI, 27 June 2018: Rescue teams continue to search for a group of 12 boys who went missing in the province’s Tham Luang caves. ![]()
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