Second part of Thailand Wonder: Already eight boys were saved from the cave

Second part of the Thai miracle: Eight boys were saved from the cave

BANGKOK. Today, the last four boys of the football team and their coach to follow in the open air.

Protected by the public, the survivors were transported to the hospital, Image: REUTERS

Precision work to rescue the boys of a football team trapped in Tham Luang cave in Thailand yesterday was again successful. After the first four of the eleven to sixteen were brought out on Sunday, the next four followed yesterday. If all goes as planned, the rescue operation should be completed today and the remaining four boys and their coach released.

The first day of the live ticker

The second day of the live ticker

"We painted all kinds of catastrophic scenarios – equipment that breaks down, and children who panic, drown and need to be revived, "said Denmark's Ivan Karadzic on Danish radio. "We were prepared for that, but nothing happened, everyone was at their post and doing exactly what they had to do."

And it was nothing less for the professional diver than risking his own life. Finally, the path of the boys site four kilometers from the entrance to the cave and is partially flooded.

narrow 38 x 72 centimeters

The narrowest point of the path is only 38 inches high and 72 inches wide – and that over a length of about 15 meters. This section had already been extended a bit by the rescuers. More would not have been possible with extremely porous limestone – the danger that the tree would collapse would have been too big, they say.

Each of the eight boys now rescued was secured by two divers and connected to them by a rope, The front diver carried not only his breathing bottle, but also those of the boy. A total of 18 national and international divers were deployed again yesterday.

After a break in which deposits are filled with breathable bottles in the cave, rescuers want to resume use of the mountains today. The mission of yesterday had taken nine hours in total.

The authorities are confident that they will save the remaining four boys and their coach. They communicated this at a press conference. "We are very lucky to have been able to rescue four other people, and all is well," said the provincial governor and head of the rescue team, Narongsak Osatanakorn

Volunteers also said that the survivors were in good health and in good health. Hospital of Chiang Rai Province. There, they are also examined by their relatives. Currently, their parents can only see boys through windows. Due to the risk of infection for weak footballers, physical contact should be omitted. After two weeks in almost complete darkness, children should be brought back to normal life extremely carefully.

Spicy Food Also Prohibited

The first four students saved absolutely wanted to eat their favorite Khao Pad Krapao food at the clinic. But they could not do that. The spicy pork dish fried with Thai basil and rice is still too hot for its weakened stomach, says Osatanakorn

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