Thai boys appear healthy in video

The Thai football teammates stranded for more than a week in apartly flooded cave have said they are healthy in a newly released video.

The 12 boys and their coach are seen sitting with Thai Navy Seals in the dark cave with their visibly skinny faces illuminated by the beam of a flashlight.

The boys, many wrapped in foil warming blankets, take turns introducing themselves, folding their hands together in a traditional greeting and saying their names and that they are healthy.

The video, lasting about a minute, was recorded sometime on Tuesday and was posted on the Navy Seal Facebook page yesterday.

The boys, aged 11- 16, and their 25- year-old coach disappeared after they went exploring in the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in northern Chiang R ai province after a football game on 23 June.

The team-mates, who were trapped inside when heavy rains flooded the cave, were found by rescue divers late on Monday.