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Rescuers in northern Thailand on Sunday extracted four members of a youth soccer team from the cave where they had been trapped for more than two weeks, part of an ongoing operation to rescue the 12 boys and their coach. The head of the operation said it was going “better than expected”.
The operation to rescue the boys, ages 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach by having them dive out of the flooded cave began Sunday morning, with expert divers entering the sprawling complex for the complicated and dangerous mission. Thai navy SEALs, who are taking part in the rescue operation, later reported on their official Facebook page that four out of twelve boys had been rescued.
Chiang Rai acting Gov Narongsak Osatanakorn, who is heading the operation, said the four boys had been taken to hospital. “The operation went much better than expected,” Narongsak said at a news conference, adding the statement that the healthiest were taken out first. He said the next phase of the operation would start in 10-20 hours. The entire operation to rescue all 13 could last two to four days, depending on weather and water conditions, said army Major General Chalongchai Chaiyakam.
Narongsak had earlier in the day said 13 foreign and five Thai divers were taking part in the rescue and that two divers would accompany each boy as they are gradually extracted.
The only way to bring the boys and their coach out of the cave is by navigating dark and tight passageways filled with muddy water and strong currents, as well as oxygen depleted air. A former Thai navy SEAL passed out and died on Friday while making the dive. Experienced cave rescue experts consider an underwater escape a last resort, especially with people untrained in diving, as the boys are.
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