Forecasts of heavy rains could complicate efforts today

Anupong said that the boys would be brought along by the same complicated way their rescuers entered, and he conceded that if something went wrong, it could be disastrous.

"Diving is not easy, it will be difficult, unlike diving in a pool, because the characteristics of the cave have small channels," he said. comes half way, it could be life threatening. "

On Tuesday, Anand Surawan, a Navy captain, suggested that boys receive" extra food for at least four months. "The divers and rescuers continued to drain the water with high pressure pumps.

A video broadcast by the Thai Navy shows the boys in their soccer uniform sitting in a dry place inside the cave Tham Luang Nang: The cave rescuers said that it could be safer to simply provide them where they are for now, rather than trying to get the boys to dive. take months, however, since the thai rainy season eases usually lasts until October.

Rear Admiral Arpakorn Yookongkaew, Commander of SEAC, stated that there was no urgency in getting them out, as they are safe

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" We gave from food to boys, starting with easy-to-digest and high-potency food, with enough minerals, "said Arpakorn at a press conference

. "If we use this plan, we need to be sure that it will work and that we must have an exercise to be 100% sure," said the SEAL commander. 19659002] A miner who spent 69 days underground in Chile gave some advice saying that boys should mentally help them prepare for the rescue.

Omar Reygadas and 32 other miners were rescued in 2010. The ordeal was difficult for men. can only imagine what young boys will thr

Reygadas said that their coach would be a key figure to keep them motivated.

The governor of Chiang Rai Province, Narongsak Osatanakorn, said that the health of the boys and the coach had been monitored using a field badessment in which the red is critical, the yellow is severe and the green is stable.

"We found that most boys are green," he said. Maybe some of the boys have minor injuries or injuries and would be clbadified in the yellow category, but no one is in a red state. "

A rescuer goes down to the entrance of a Troglodytic complex where 12 boys and their football coach go missing, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand.

Photo: AP [19659018] Rick Stanton and John Volanthen, two British speleologist divers, found the group about 300-400 meters after a section of the cave on a higher ground than the believed to be where they could have taken refuge

. -minute video of the navy, the boys were calm, curious and polite. They also wanted food

After an initial exchange in which a rescuer determined that all 13 were present, one of the boys asked what day he was and a rescuer replied, "Monday, Monday here – 10 days. "

The rescuer told them" you are very strong. "The traditional Thai children's reserve for adults broke out slightly after a while, and one boy said to another in Thai: "Tell them we're hungry."

"We did not eat," said a boy in Thai and then English: "We must eat, eat, eat!"

A lifeguard badured them that "the SEALS of the Navy will come tomorrow, with food and doctors and everything." At the end of the video, a boy asked in English, "Where are you from? The rescuer replied, "England, United Kingdom."

Besides the protein drink, Narongsak says they received painkillers and antibiotics, which doctors had advised as a precaution.

He said that the officials had met. "Guarantee 100% security for boys when we take them out."

"We worked hard to find them and we will not lose them," he said.

Ben Reymenants, member of the team badisting in the rescue effort, told NBC T oday show that he was "very surprised to see that they are all alive and in fact mentally as healthy as well. "

Although they seem reactive, "they are very Reymenants said that the easiest option would be to" continue to pump the cave water, they need 3 or 4 feet [approximtaely 1 metre] to be able to float them with lifejackets. "

" But the weather is not on their side, "he noted, because of heavy rains expected.

added that two Thai Navy doctors volunteered to stay with them for months, if necessary.

The British Cave Rescue Council, whose members participate in the operation, said in a statement that "although the levels The dive conditions remain difficult and any attempt to dive the boys and their coach will not be taken lightly as there are technical challenges and significant risks to be taken into account. "[19659002] Other experts from around the world and teams from Australia, the United States and China

Authorities said the efforts would continue outside the cave, where the Teams traveled the side of the mountain to find other entrances to the caves.Several cracks were found and teams explored them, although until now none have led to the boys. trapped

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