Boys found alive after 9 days trapped in a cave in Thailand

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Tham Luan Nang, in Thailand The 12 boys of a football team and their coach of 25 years arrived at the beginning of # Afternoon of the last day 24 at the entrance to the cave. They tied their bikes to the railing, took their backpacks and entered the site to apparently explore the depths of a mountain in the north of the country – and have not been seen since.

The place in the province of Chiang Rai is the fourth longest cave in in Thailand and very popular with tourists and with whom it lives for its impressive limestone rock formations .

First of all, they open and form a large, high ceiling, resembling that of a large amphitheater, then cross narrow pbadages leading to a network of smaller caves where the locals say that he is not sure of venturing out. especially during the rainy season, which usually starts in July.

A few hours after the entrance of the group, a guard noticed that the bicycles were still there, even after the time of closing the park where he is Tham Luan Nang .

Then began a scary search for boys, who are between 11 and 16 years old, and their coach. The great mobilization of efforts has shifted the world around a chain of support and hopes that the group would be found.

The weather was threatened by subterranean floods

While in the cave, the main risk for Thai boys was the rain: greater precipitation can cause flooding from inside the cave. cavern up to five meters, It is expected that it will be explored only between November and April, as reported by a local guide from BBC .

It started to rain shortly after the team and its coach entered, which also made it difficult for the divers who participated in the research.

Shortly after the entrance of the team, the rain made impossible the pbadage to the main entrance of the cave, which would have prevented the group from returning.

Rescuers have tried using industrial pumps to drain water, but the level rises faster than the volume that can be removed.

Footprints of Hope

On Tuesday, recent footprints were seen inside the cave complex, fueling the hope that the missing would be safe.

The messages sent by the boys before the start of the exploration indicated that they had brought flashlights and food, but that they were probably not ready to spend more than a few hours there.

On the rescue site, after the first few days, volunteers and teams had not yet found another entrance to the cave, the authorities drew up a plan: drill the stone to create a pbadage alternative to the interior of the mountain.

But the difficulty of finding a suitable place to place heavy machinery in the middle of the woods on the muddy slope of the mountain, and at the same time make sure that the surrounding rocks would not collapse made this impractical idea.

Last Friday, a small opening was identified in the mountains above the cave. British experts came in and managed to reach a depth of 20 meters. The police officers also used it to reach a large room still dry.

Case mobilized the country

A Thailand stopped to follow the search for boys. A hashtag that can be translated as "the strangers we want to know more" was used to express his concern to the group.

Other hashtags that result in phrases like "13 lives must survive" and "bring home Moo Pa players" were also used.

Friday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o visited the rescue base in the parking lot at the entrance of the cave, where there are 840 soldiers, 90 special forces members, four helicopters, excavators and equipment for disaster situations. Relatives of the missing also camp outside the cave.