Rescue in Thailand: the success of the second day of rescue fuels a wave of optimism

They have already managed to extract eight children; the divers refined the operation and managed to accelerate the times; today they would take the rest

MAE SAI, Thailand.- The Thai Navy claimed victory just minutes after the last divers left the cave. "Two days, eight boars, Hurray," said his Facebook account.

The divers had just delivered their second and, presumably, penultimate round of young footballers from the Wild Jabalíes FC team. The last four remain and the coach. The footage suggests that they will leave today and the epic of the youth football team that was trapped in a cave after being flooded by the rains will have its happy ending after two weeks of drama.

The day showed that the 18 Thai and international divers refined the maneuver. Rescue had begun at 11:00 am (local time) and the first boy had reached the surface by 17:00. These hours were lower than the six employees the day before yesterday, who had already been surprised by their shortage. The other three came out in an offbeat way.

It was an afternoon of rumors, untested information and denials, the press counting ambulances and helicopters to calculate the number of rescued. Confirmation came at dusk at the mandatory press conference of Narongsak Osatanakorn, chief of the operation.

"They took four and the process was faster than yesterday [por anteayer] .We hope to do even better tomorrow," with the most relaxed grimace. His speech ended with a salvo of applause and congratulations from local journalists. He had previously refused to clarify whether the operation today envisages the extraction of all others. "I do not know, I'm not responsible for that, it's the decision of the team of divers, their plan is designed to get out four," he said. narrow, winding, unobstructed water galleries announced the disaster by the many accelerated diving clbades they received.

In practice, they do not even dive, but let themselves be carried away by a pair of divers in the back and the head that holds them back. the face mask and the compressed air pump. Some experts have suggested that they have been given tranquilizers to prevent panic attacks. Both days certified that the plan was working.

Chiang Rae, the provincial capital from which they come, received certainty with relief and the feeling that the end of the tunnel is visible. Neighbors have gone from desolation to give up for joy after their encounter or insomnia due to the complexity of the operation.

The authorities informed at noon yesterday that the divers had returned to the caves after verifying that the conditions persisted. optimum Sunday: the morale and strengths of divers and boys, and especially the drop in water levels. It was fear after the monsoon rose the previous night and threatened to ruin the feverish extraction of water from hundreds of bombs for a week.

The risk of a sudden flood has also not disappeared in recent days leaving boys in the cave until the monsoon retreat in October. The team of 18 divers sent to the bowels of Tham Luang was virtually the same as the day before yesterday to take advantage of their knowledge with some substitutions due to exhaustion.

The rumor yesterday also covered the identities of the four survivors on Sunday. The authorities refuse to disclose them, according to the official version, so as not to increase the anxiety of parents who are still waiting (see separately). They all remain in the mouth of the cave and will remain there until the last one is gone.

The doctors confirmed that they are all in a reasonably good condition since they spent more than two weeks without electricity and with little food. For now, they have denied their wishes to celebrate the engulfing exit
pad krapao typically Thai dish of pork or chicken fried with parsley and garnished with a fried egg. This caloric orgy is considered dangerous for untrained stomachs.

The hospital undergoes an exhaustive observation in search of diseases that could have contracted in the hostile environment and decrees a quarantine in anticipation of their contagiousness. Medical teams have suggested that the situation continues for the next few days, so that a glbad partition will separate children from their parents during their first encounters.

The boys and their trainer entered Tham Luang Cave more than two weeks to complete an initiation rite. The rains caused a sudden flood that frustrated their departure and they had to wait nine days until they were discovered by two British divers.