Elon Musk, a Thai cave rescuer called "pedo-guy", suggests that he could sue – National

The British cave diver called "pedo" by technology billionaire Elon Musk is considering taking legal action against the CEO of Tesla.

After the successful rescue of 12 boys and their football coach from a Thai cave flooded earlier this month, Musk has criticized the rescuers for refusing to use a gear that he had built to help rescue – a submarine the size of a child.

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Vernon Unsworth, one of the key members of the boys rescue staff and their trainer of the complex from Tham Luang's cave, told CNN interview, however, that Musk could "stick his submarine where it hurts", and that "it has absolutely no chance of working".

Musk then singled out Unsworth, rejecting his comment that the submarine would not have even made it 50 meters into the cave pbadage, and challenged him to share the video of the rescue to safeguard his claims.

"You know what, do not bother to show the video.We will do one of the mini-sub / pod all the way in Cave 5 no probmelo.Peteron de pedo, you've got it really asked, "reads Musk's tweet

The tweet was removed later.

Before the start of the rescue, Musk tweeted that he would send a team of engineers to help with the extraction of the team. of the cave. Later, he posted videos of the solution they had concocted – a mini-submarine claiming that Musk was able to travel to the cave and take them safely one by one.

The rescuers and the Thai officials thanked Musk for his efforts, but unfortunately had to decline because of the device being "not practical."

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Last week, Narongsak Osottanakorn, the chief of the rescue operation in Thailand, rejected the Musk mini-submarine. Musk responded on Twitter on July 10, calling Osottanakorn "not the expert on the subject."

Shortly after the exchange between Tesla's CEO and SpaceX and the British rescuer, Musk began to receive a reaction for his tweets. three percent on Monday. T esla shares closed at $ 310.10 before advancing 1.9 percent in trading after hours