"Thirteen" Great! ": The first words to children trapped in a cave in Thailand – International

The 12 children trapped and starving in a cave in Thailand for more than nine days are blinded by the flashlight's light. rescuer who finds them in the dark bowels of the flooded cave, as shown by a video already seen millions of times on the internet.

In the recording, the 12 boys of a football team, between 11 and 16 years old, and his coach, 25, spoke briefly with the British diver who finally caught them on Monday night [19659004] The exchange begins with a moving "thank you" concert in English by the children, when they see the rescuers of the murky waters of the Tham Luang cave north of Thailand .

" How many are there? ," savagely asked the British rescuer. lantern crosses the muddy slope in which it is ref The group, far from the meanders of the underground network.

"Thirteen," replies one of the children in English

"Thirteen? Super!", Replies the Diver

The Spotlights Brighten Children one by one, as if the diver counted them.

Some of the "wild boars", as their football team is called They cover their legs with their red t-shirts to try to protect themselves from the cold, they seem astonished, but those who speak seem lucid, despite the long days without eating.

The video was released in the early hours of Tuesday morning. the official Facebook page of the Thai Navy, and it has already been reproduced 14 million times.

"They are very strong"

The conversation continues with murmurs in Thai interrupted by the diver's words of encouragement. boys ask in hesitant English when they go out.

"No, not today […] We are two, we must dive […] There are many people on the way, many, many people, we are the first," says [19659004Thediverraiseshishandtotellthemthattheyhavebeenundergroundfor10daysandheadds"Theyareverystrong"

Then he gives them a flashlight. The camera wobbles and the sound disappears before the video stabilizes again. "I am very happy," says one of the teenagers

"We are also happy," replies the rescuer

"Thank you very much," answer the children.

Three British divers – Robert Harper, Richard Stanton and John Volanthen – came to Thailand last Wednesday to help rescue teams.

Two of them managed to locate the children in front of the Thai navy specialists.

For the moment we do not know who is speaking in the video. The team of divers stayed cautiously away from the press for a week.

While waiting for children to come into existence, social networks have been filled with expressions of joy on the part of Thais. " I'm almost crying, they're really brave and resilient ," say Thai netizens' comments on the Navy's Facebook page.

Joy is mitigated, however, by the difficulty of planned operations and the possible psychological trauma that young people might experience after long days in the bowels of the cave.