THAI BOYS’ NOTES TO PARENTS POIGNANT, HUMOROUS
The 12 boys trapped in a Thailand cave — now eight, along with their coach, after four were rescued Sunday — sounded calm and reassuring in handwritten notes to their families made public Saturday. The notes were sent out with divers.
One of the boys, identified as Tun, wrote: “Mom and Dad, please don’t worry, I am fine. I’ve told Yod to get ready to take me out for fried chicken. With love.”
“Don’t be worried,” wrote another boy, Mick. “I miss everyone. Grandpa, Uncle, Mom, Dad and siblings, I love you all. I’m happy being here inside, the navy SEALS have taken good care. Love you all.”
One particularly touching note from another boy said: “I’m doing fine, but the air is a little cold, but don’t worry. Although, don’t forget to set up my birthday party.”
Coach Ekapol Chanthawong apologized to the boys’ parents for the ordeal.
“To the parents of all the kids, right now the kids are all fine, the crew are taking good care. I promise I will care for the kids as best as possible. I want to say thanks for all the support and I want to apologize to the parents,” he wrote. The California tunnel company run by Elon Musk is continuing to maintain a presence at the cave.
Sam Teller, spokesman for Boring Co., said Sunday that the company has four engineers who are “offering support in any way the government deems useful.”
On Saturday, Musk suggested a rescue employing “a tiny, kid-size submarine using the liquid oxygen transfer tube of (a) Falcon rocket as hull. Light enough to be carried by 2 divers, small enough to get through narrow gaps. Extremely robust.”
But Saturday night, he tweeted that the cave was now closed for the rescue by divers.
“Will continue testing in LA in case needed later or somewhere else in the future,” he wrote.
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