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Ex-Thai navy Seal dies in Thailand cave rescue: official
MAE SAI, Thailand, July 6, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A former Thai Navy Seal has
drowned while assisting the rescue of 12 boys trapped inside a cave, an
official said Friday.
“It was sad news, a former Seal who volunteered to help died last night
about 2am,” Chiang Rai deputy governor Passakorn Boonyaluck told reporters,
adding “his job was to deliver oxygen (in the cave). He did not have enough
on his way back.”
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