Tribute to a diver who died in Thailand – International

Twelve young footballers despised after being trapped for 18 days in a cave have lamented the death of a Thai diver during their rescue, the Thai Ministry of Health said Sunday.

The football team & # 39; Wild Boars & # 39; He left Tham Luang cave in the north of the country and was flooded by the monsoon rains after a three-day evacuation operation that ended on July 10th.

On July 6 Saman Kunan, a diver who was in the Thai Navy and volunteered for the rescue, died trying to establish a line of oxygen supply with the cavity where the children were stuck.

Everyone cried and expressed their condolences by writing messages on a drawing of the capi. tan corbeta Saman

Players, between 11 and 16 years old, did not know the news until Saturday. "Everyone cried and expressed their condolences by writing messages on a drawing of Lieutenant Commander Saman and they observed a minute of silence for him," said Jedsada Chokdamrongsuk, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health. He had left the army in 2006 and worked at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. When the children were locked up, he volunteered to participate in the rescue

AFP