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Vern Unsworth (der) helped to bring together the world's leading cave rescuers for the rescue mission.
The tweets have already been erased, but not before tens of thousands of people read the comment of technological entrepreneur Elon Musk
Musk called Vern Unsworth – the British diver who helped save the 12 children of one The comment came after Unsworth, who is one of the best-known cave rescuers in the world, ridiculed the mini-submarine built by Musk to help in the efforts of rescue and stated that it was "a publicity stunt".
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The British diver said Monday that planned to sue Musk
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Vern Unsworth, who is based in Thailand, knows in detail the complex of caves where the children were trapped.
"I think he's treated me as a pedophile," he told Channel 7 in Australia, "I think people will be aware of this kind of person (Musk)."
And when asked about a lawsuit against Musk, he replied, "Yes, it's not over."
It all started with the child-sized submarine that Tesla's executive took to the cave last week to try to help him in his rescue mission [19659016] in Thailand
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Musk and his team have built and brought a capsule under -marine in Thailand, but rescuers have abandoned it.
In an interview, Unsworth stated that the submarine "had absolutely no chance of working."
Unsworth, who is based in Thailand, knows in detail the complex of caves where children were trapped. he played a key role in the rescue mission
. In addition, he helped bring together some of the world's largest rescue divers to participate in the operation.
But after Unsworth's comment, Musk, who regularly confronts his critics on Twitter, posted an answer to Unsworth in which, without using his name, he called him "the British expatriate." who lives in Thailand.
He added that he would make a video showing that the minisubmarine could reach the depth of the cave "without problems". And he said, "I'm sorry pedophile, but you've really asked for it."
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When several people challenged him for his comment, Musk did not back down.
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"I Bet You a Signed Dollar That's True," writes Musk in another tweet .
He then removes the tweets – which have already been sent to his more than 22 million followers – and now he has to publicly respond to the outrage he's caused.
The BBC contacted Musk via his company Tesla for a comment, without success.
The 12 children and their coach, who were rescued last week from the Tham Luang Cave System, are hospitalized in Chiang Rai City and are expected to be released on Thursday.
Vern Unsworth He told the AFP news agency that upon his return to the UK this week, he would take a decision to find out whether he would sue Musk or not.
"(Musk) is only a seller of advertising gadgets, he is everything is," said the British rescuer.
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