So it turns out, the Thai SEALS barely made it out this morning:

[Leghorn21]

Thai Navy SEALs who were clearing the flooded cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach were rescued, barely made it out after the main pump that had been siphoning water out of the cave failed, military officials who were directly involved in the operation told ABC News.

The system, which had pumped hundreds of millions of gallons of rainwater out of the cave over the past 18 days, gave out soon after rescuers extracted the coach and the four Thai Navy Seals who had volunteered to stay with them. Thai SEALs and support teams, who were carrying air tanks from the third to the second chamber of the labyrinthine cave, soon noticed the waters rising. The third chamber filled, then the second and then the first, as crews scrambled to avoid the kind of cave flooding that had trapped the soccer team on June 27, according to officials.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/navy-seals-rescued-thai-soccer-team-cave-make/story?id=56495487&__twitter_impression=true

Well, they DID make it, because who could deal if they hadn’t?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Thank goodness they made it out!

It would have been the worst kind of tragedy if they'd died after having helped all those kids and their coach out.

I would not have been able to deal with it.

[TeamPooka]

2. So many heroes in this story

[milestogo]

3. I'm so glad they made it out safely.

[0rganism]

4. whoa, main pump failed - that soccer team got out just in time

yet another close call
this story is all kinds of win

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. They won't even have to juice up the ending for the movie(s).

[AdamGG]

14. Yes, unlike Argo, they can just portray what actually happened

[angrychair]

5. Stop the lies

We all know that trump and US Navy SEALS did all the hard work. Trump risked life and limb to rescue those little kids and the US Navy SEALS helped trump a little.
Just ask faux news and magaits on Twitter...
As a side note all children were promptly arrested by ICE and sent to US detention facilities.

[MyOwnPeace]

12. Sad to say.........

in these times none of that is beyond belief.
And some would applaud what you stated (yeah, YOU know who YOU are!!!!).

AND, if your post gets out, I'm sure IQ45 will recite it as truth at his next "rally" and the crowd will go wild!

[angrychair]

18. Funny enough

As the first kids were being rescued trump did a tweet in which he implied he deserved some of the credit for their rescue and regular Fox News stories kept mentioning “SEALS” while omitting the “Thai” part so much so that it actually started trending with some republicans on twitter thanking US Navy SEALS for helping to save those kids...so I was a little tongue in cheek but it was based in reality

[JI7]

20. people in THailand were disgusted with him . they knew what a fraud he is

a couple MAGA types came in trying to defend him but people in other countries don't put up with that shit as they do here.

[hatrack]

6. I can't imagine doing what they did . . .

Diving's pretty cool, but cave diving? Cold sweats just thinking about it! More than a bit claustrophobic, I'm afraid . . .

Still, it's about the only good news these past ten days, and everybody gets to go home. to all who helped!

[Blue_true]

11. You don't look at what is above and below you, just look ahead.

I am claustrophobic and went through several tight spaces, I was told what I wrote above. I guess if you look around, you start to panic.

[sheshe2]

8. I am so glad they all made it out safely.

They did it. The seals did it.

[The_jackalope]

15. All but one...

[sheshe2]

16. I know.

I posted this below.

Link to tweet

/photo/1

[malaise]

9. Amazing indeed n/t

[sheshe2]

10. Sigh

Link to tweet

[sprinkleeninow]

21. "Blessed be his memory eternal."

A crown is woven for him. 👑
😪🕯

[sheshe2]

22. Yup.

[still_one]

13. These are true heros!!!

[mountain grammy]

17. I'm grateful to all and glad they're all out alive.

[calimary]

19. So relieved that they made it to safety.

At least there's some good news out there somewhere.

I find myself actually skipping Rachel and Lawrence - two shows I ordinarily NEVER miss, either live or pre-recorded. Two shows that are simply Must-See. I just can't bear it. Ever since fucking Anthony Kennedy made his big announcement, I've been a mess.

[IcyPeas]

23. 20/20 did the entire hour tonite on Thailand

it was good. I was glad to see it because the regular news was barely mentioning it and I really wanted to know more.