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The 12 children members of a football team and their coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand for more than nine days were "found safe and sound" on Monday after days of research. 19659002] There had been no contact with the boys, between 11 and 16 years old, nor their coach, with 25, since they disappeared on Saturday, June 23rd.
Extensive relief efforts were hampered by heavy rains, which flooded the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand and blocked access to the rooms where the group was to be found.
Governor of Chiang Rai Province, Narongsak Osottanakorn, announced the good news on Monday night, to a nation that has closely followed every round of efforts to save them.
"We found the 13th safe and sound" announced to the press, which broke spontaneously into applause and cheers. 1965900 2] However, the evacuation will not be carried out immediately he said. "We are going to bring them food, but we are not sure that they can eat, since they have not eaten for a long time.We will also take a doctor who knows how to dive." [19659002] Divers took advantage of a short period of good weather Monday to go deeper into the cave, where water levels are slowly but steadily reduced every hour thanks to continuous pumping.
They were expecting to find the team on a raised ledge known as Pattaya Beach
But the group had withdrawn from 300 to 400 meters away while the rim was submerged, Narongsak added
Monday's high speed through social networks and the parents of children, some of whom had slept near the cave for days, expressed their joy.
"I am so happy … I want to see him, in good physical and mental condition," said to AFP Thinnakorn Boonpiem, father of one of the missing.
Young players, ages 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach, ventured into the night of June 23, after training, at Tham Luang Cave in a dense rainforest area. on the border with Burma and Lagos.
But they were blocked by heavy monsoon rains and had not been contacted.
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His drama was followed live by Thai television and net users have been talking about nothing else for a few days.
Monday a ceremony had been organized at the school children. to return to play football with us, we miss him, "implores 14-year-old Tilek Jana, one of 200 children gathered and whose friend Prajak is one of the missing.
"I pray every night for these 13 Lives are saved," says Jakkrit Muenghong, one of Prajak's teachers.
Renowned Thai singer Kong Huayrai wrote a song honoring the children and their coach: "We do not know who they are, how they are, but where are they? Are they cold and hungry? The ballad broadcast on television says that there is a country waiting for them
On Monday, members of the Lisu tribe gathered near the cave to sacrifice chickens and pigs, offering to the river and the forest spirits to beseech them to allow the safe return of the children.
Dozens of divers, including international troops, were mobilized for more than a year. a week to try to find children.
Teams of specialists from Australia, the United Kingdom, Japan and China as well as about thirty American soldiers this remote mountainous area to support the teams Thai Relief.
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