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MAE SAI, THAILAND
Rescuers mobilized to find 12 children and their coach trapped six days ago in a flooded cave in Thailand resumed their search Friday against the clock, complicated by a flood caused by the monsoon rains.
Because of the torrents that have been falling for several days in the province of Chiang Rai, in the north of Thailand, the water level does not stop rising inside the cave, where children between 11 and 16 and their football coach, 25, took refuge on Saturday.
The head of the Thai junta, General Prayut Chan-O-Cha, moved in the morning to the location of the tragedy that has the country in abeyance to support the families and oversee the operation Rescue, which mobilizes a thousand troops, including US military and British divers.
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"Having faith will allow us to fulfill it … The Supreme Patriarch (Buddhist Kingdom) asked me to tell you all to meditate, "he said.
They were relieved for six days to pray with Buddhist monks in front of the cave, where a small altar with offerings was installed.
"The only problem is water in the cave ," warns the general.
After a suspension of subsea operations Thursday because of a too high level despite the many water pumps installed, they were resumed overnight.
On Friday there were two important breakthroughs. On the one hand, one of the divers managed to penetrate the underground network, and on the other hand, a team progressed by digging a vertical well
"If we are lucky today, we will not remove them right away to stay with them, "said Chiang Rai Narongsak Osottanakorn's governor at the end of the day, despite the fact that after six days of disappearance , the chances of survival are reduced.
"We have prepared medical equipment (…) Because they are leaving now, they will have problems with vision and breathing," he said after a week in the darkness of the cave.
– 40 Water Pumps –
In 2014, a man could be rescued from a cave after 11 days of anxious waiting.
But, in this case, flooding the cave and reducing air pockets complicate operations.
Forty additional water pumps were sent from Bangkok on Friday, he said Governor
The boys entered Saturday [ToshLuangCave located near the border with Burma and Laos, after a training. But the monsoon rains have blocked the main entrance of this complex underground network of more than 10 kilometers long.
This vast network, one of the largest in Thailand, attracts many speleologists.
agitation in this Buddhist country, where human chains were organized in schools forming the number 13, referring to the missing, and prayers within the Muslim minority.
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