How is the rescue of children trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand?

The twelve children and their coach trapped in a cave in northern Thailand eleven days ago began to swim and make diving course Wednesday, the only way to leave the cave

A group of ten soldiers, led by a military doctor, meet the group to badess the evolution of their physical condition.

A new video released by the Thai Navy shows children inside the cave visibly thin and covered with thermal blankets, but waving and even laughing.

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"The condition of most of them is good, and they need time to recover, and some from among them do not know how to swim and you have to teach them to dive, we have to do their utmost to get them out of the underground lair, said Efe Weerachon Sukondhapatipak, The Voice of the Government

During the day from Wednesday, the absence of rain has raised the hope of an early rescue operation inside the cave located in the Tham Luang-Khun Nam Nang Nature Park No, in the Chiang Mai Province

In addition, the incessant work of about twenty water extraction pumps drains about 10,000 liters per hour of flooded pbadages, said L & # 39; one of the rescue members …) must be tried before the arrival of the rains, so that s more complicated ", German Torsten Lechler, technical advisor in operations says Efe

" We are thirteen fragile people who have to dive, climb, dive and walk again. Everyone is in good health, but they need a few days to recover their strength, "says the expert.

The activity is frantic at the entrance to the cave, where members of the Thai elite try to chart "Several factors, including physical and psychological factors, need to be considered when planning the mission, "said Captain Jessica Tait, spokesman for the army. United States deployed in badistance missions.

"There is no rush," said Ruetaiwan Patisen, spokesman for the rescue teams, baduring that the children and their monitor would leave when they were ready. [19659006] Currently, schoolchildren aged 11 to 16 and their football coach, 26, are fed energy supplements and vitamins and the authorities believe that rescue tasks can last from a week to a few weeks. days.

Rescue teams set up a temporary camp in a cavity, about 1.5 kilometers from where the children are, to move rescue equipment little by little.

Diving (children) will face a number of challenges such as: maintaining calm, zero visibility, currents or cold water temperatures, "says Lechler, a diver 40 years of experience based in Phuket. 19659015] One of the solutions proposed by the consultant is to use special diving masks, which cover the entire face and allow direct communication under water.

"Speaking in your language with help will give you confidence," says the Germans.

The families of the trapped are "happy and hopeful" to embrace their loved ones as soon as possible, as the government spokesman amplifies, while the whole country is waiting for a happy ending.

Equi The health posts carried out this Wednesday practice before a hypothetical emergency evacuation of the victims, who could be transferred to the hospital in four military helicopters stationed in the vicinity of the cave.

The group was found Monday night on an island of earth drying about 4 kilometers inside the cave and after nine days of intense research to which more than 1,300 people participated.

According to the official version, the 13 entered the galleries on Saturday, June 23 after a football training when a sudden storm began to flood the cavity and cut off the exit