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Related: About this forumThailand cave rescue: Boys 'could be in cave for months'
Source: BBC
Thailand cave rescue: Boys 'could be in cave for months'
3 July 2018
Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a Thai cave are alive, but will need to learn to dive or wait months for flooding to recede before they can get out, the army says.
The group had been missing for nine days before they were found by divers late on Monday on a small dry ledge.
Rescuers are now battling rising water to bring more supplies to the group.
They may need to have food sent in for at least the next four months, according to the military.
Attempts were being made to install power and telephone lines inside the cave to let the boys speak with their parents, Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osotthanakon said.
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3 July 2018
Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a Thai cave are alive, but will need to learn to dive or wait months for flooding to recede before they can get out, the army says.
The group had been missing for nine days before they were found by divers late on Monday on a small dry ledge.
Rescuers are now battling rising water to bring more supplies to the group.
They may need to have food sent in for at least the next four months, according to the military.
Attempts were being made to install power and telephone lines inside the cave to let the boys speak with their parents, Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osotthanakon said.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44692813
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Thailand cave rescue: Boys 'could be in cave for months' (Original Post)
Eugene
Jul 2018
OP
Is is sooo awesome they have all been found alive. These boys are strong....and are going to do
onecent
Jul 2018
#3
They should instruct these boys to close their eyes when the lights are on their faces.
secondwind
Jul 2018
#6
janterry
(4,429 posts)1. OMG That's horrible
n/t
hlthe2b
(102,239 posts)2. Damn... not any good options, it seems unless they find another way in.
onecent
(6,096 posts)3. Is is sooo awesome they have all been found alive. These boys are strong....and are going to do
what the people are there to help them get out. It may not be in a week or two....but this is a miracle
come true.
SWBTATTReg
(22,114 posts)4. Wow...how horrible and sad if true...maybe they can do some thermal ...
imaging and discover another way in/out of the cave. My prayers and best wishes go to the boys and their coach, as well as their families.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)5. Imagine the psychological trauma
Young boys in a cave for months?
secondwind
(16,903 posts)6. They should instruct these boys to close their eyes when the lights are on their faces.
They can get blinded temporarily
secondwind
(16,903 posts)7. Keep the lights off their faces. They can be blinded.