9TH BOY RESCUED FROM FLOODED CAVE

A ninth boy was rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand on Tuesday as divers were carrying out what they hope is a final mission to save the youngsters and their soccer coach trapped for more than two weeks. Thailand’s Navy SEALs said on their Facebook page that “the 9th Wild Boar was out of the cave at 4:06 p.m.,” referring to the name of the soccer team they are all members of. Eight of the 12 trapped boys were brought out of the cave by divers in the past two days. The third day of the intricate and high-risk mission aims to rescue the remaining boys and their coach and also bring out a medic and three Thai Navy SEALs who have stayed with the teenagers in their dark refuge deep within the sprawling cave.