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Rescuers begin operation to bring out 13 trapped in Thai cave
CHIANG RAI, Thailand, July 8, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – Rescue operation to
bring out 12 boys and their coach trapped in northern Thailand’s cave has
been underway since about 10:00 a.m. local time on Sunday, Chiang Rai
governor Narongsak Osottanakom confirmed at a briefing.
He said 13 international cave diving experts and five elite rescuers from
Thai Navy Seal joined the operation, adding that the trapped boys will be
dived out one by one.
Each boy will be escorted by two rescuers, he said.
The governor said it would take about 11 hours to totally bring a boy out
of the cave. The first boy may come out of the cave at about 9 p.m. local
time.
He said it will take about three to four days to bring all the 13 out of
the cave.
The boys, ages 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach went missing in the cave
since June 23. Rescue teams launched a round-the-clock search and found them
on July 2.
A former Thai navy SEAL has died from lack of oxygen during the rescue
operation on Friday.
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