Thai cave rescue

In what is regarded as one of the most inspiring rescue mission in the world, 12 young soccer players and their coach were rescued after more than two weeks being trapped inside a cave in the Chiang Rai province of Thailand.

The boys were reported missing on June 23. It is said that the coach, 25, and his charges – aged between 11 and 16 – had gone to the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai to celebrate a teammate’s birthday. However, heavy rain flooded the cave and trapped all of them inside. Moreover, the whole cave complex with over 10km of intricate and confusing networks of caverns and crevices, made the rescue mission highly challenging.

The death of an experienced diver – former Thai Navy SEAL, Saman Kunan, who died in his attempt to supply oxygen tanks to the boys – highlighted the danger of this operation.

British divers found the group on July 9 – then an international crew of rescuers came down and strove to rescue the boys before the arrival of the next monsoon downpour.

Every news print and broadcast, as well as social media, around the world reported the rescue marathon up till its conclusion on July 14. Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the actress was 54. She was in Dubai to attend a family wedding, and after a postmortem analysis, Dubai police said the cause of her death was that she drowned in the bathtub ‘following loss of consciousness’.

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