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Over 100 ‘chimneys’ drilled into mountain in bid to reach trapped boys
MAE SAI, Thailand, July 7, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – More than 100 chimneys are
being drilled into the mountainside in a frantic bid to reach a Thai youth
football team trapped in a cave complex below, the head of the rescue mission
said Saturday.
“Some are as deep as 400 metres… but they still cannot find their
location yet,” Narongsak Osottanakorn told reporters, adding the mission
lacked the technology “to pinpoint where they are staying.”
BSS/AFP/MR/ 1050 hrs