Thailand: All the boys in the cave have already been saved

They have already saved all the boys and their coach from the flooded cave in northern Thailand on the third day of the operation that kept the world on alert. The Thai Navy celebrated the good news by shouting "Hooya" in a post on Facebook.

"The 12 boars – the name of their football team – and their coach were evacuated from the cave," said the elite body of the Thai navy that participated in the rescue.

The children received the first help in a temporary medical tent that was installed in the place and is "healthy". They were then transferred to the local hospital, where they will remain in quarantine for at least seven days. Outside the cave, rescuers and journalists celebrated the news with applause.

18 days in the cave

The last four boys and their trainer spent more than two weeks in the Tham Luan cave, trapped at about 4 kilometers deep. A first child left on Tuesday around 16h, then, in a rapid succession of events, the others left while it was already night in Thailand.

Out of a total of 13, four left Sunday, four more Monday and the last five. A team of expert foreign divers flanked by Thai Navy commandos conducted the operations that were meticulously planned.

The rescuers had to cross with the boys a complex of labyrinthine galleries partially flooded and unequal and a zero visibility to reach the 39, outer mouth of the cave.

In addition to children, there are 4 other people – a doctor and 3 Navy members – who have entered the cave to perform medical and psychological badistance tasks for the group of children and today they should be # 39; abandon.

A trainer who was a Buddhist monk, the key to the survival of boys

"Wild boars" spent nine days in the bowels of the cave until two British divers were able to find them at the beginning of last week. Emaciated but alive, they were waiting on a rock more than four kilometers from the entrance to the cave. They entered the cave on June 23 and were trapped when the place was flooded by heavy monsoon rains.

According to the children, they managed to survive thanks to their 25-year-old coach. The man, who had been ordained Buddhist monk when he was younger, taught them to drink the water that flowed from the stalactites, and not the dirty one of the current, rationed the few provisions that they wore, helped them to meditate and ordered them to sleep and rest as much as they could to save energy

After having found the group, the rescuers desperately reviewed all possible options. the mountain until it makes them wait underground for weeks the end of the monsoon season.

But faced with the threat of new rains and a drop in oxygen levels in the room where the group was housed, they decided Sunday to begin the evacuation.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha visited hospitalized children and their families on Monday. He also oversaw the work of more than 1,000 people involved in operations since the disappearance of the children's football team.

Tranquilizers to Prevent Panic Attacks

Before starting each of the rescue procedures, the divers gave the boys tranquilizers. This was to prevent possible nerve attack in the middle of the water. The Danish rescuer Ivan Kardzic explained that they were sedated not to panic. "They were not totally stunned, but they did not react normally" he said in an interview on the radio.

Regarding all the possibilities that they had envisaged before starting the difficult rescue, the professional confessed to imagining "all sorts of catastrophic scenarios". From problems with equipment to fear that some boys will drown since they did not know how to swim and the way out would not be nice.

Although successful, the operation was not He was exempted from tragedy. One of the rescuers died last week of running out of oxygen during the return trip. That's Sunan Kunan, an exbuzo from the Thai Navy who came as a volunteer when he heard the news.

From time to time we see a real hero. This is the last picture taken by Sergeant Saman Kunan before he lost his life Thursday returning from oxygen to the boys trapped in the cave. I retired from the Thai Navy, but I volunteered to help. pic.twitter.com/xDo27DmJRY

– Trevor Donovan (@TrevDon) July 8, 2018