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One of twelve rescued children after more than two weeks trapped in a cave in Thailand described as a "miracle" operation of Complex rescue that has put them safe "Suddenly we hear people talking," said 14-year-old Adul Sam-On, answering questions from reporters in English at a mbadive press conference.
Sam-On was referring to when British divers found them, when they were trapped in the huge cavern for nine days
"my brain was not working very well "After so many days without eating," explained the boy, "a miracle" to find
For the first nine days, they ate nothing and drank rainwater. "We drank the water that fell from the rocks" explains Pornchai Khamluan, 15.
"We tried to dig, thinking we could not wait for the authorities", but that did not happen. did not help, said Ekkapol. Chantawong, the 25-year-old coach, the only adult in the group, who spent several years in a Buddhist monastery.
The "Wild Boars" team was trapped on June 23 in the Tham Luang cave, the largest in Thailand, which had been flooded. The last members of the group left on July 10th.
After nine days, British divers located the group four kilometers from the entrance, in a rocky plain, from which they could not leave because they were
Final of the World Cup at the hospital
At the press conference, during which they even gave a few touches to a balloon, the children, who were wearing their jersey of team in the picture of a boar, explained who watched the final of the World Cup Sunday in the hospital.
Thai government spokesman Sunsern Kaewkumnerd now hopes the press conference will help them "return to a normal life without
The children left the hospital a day earlier than planned, where they had stayed more than a week.The first days they were wearing sunglbades to get used to the light after being locked up under
Until now, they had been protected of tremendous media interest in their adventure, with more than a thousand journalists from around the world and tweets from Donald Trump or football stars, among others.
divers took the lead over stretchers in the cave, health authorities had published very few images.
Before the press conference, psychiatrists were taking care of children to make sure that the questions prepared for them advance did not cause them any t
The children said that they all knew how to swim. Although they did not explain why they entered the cave, they said it was not to celebrate the birthday of one of them. , Pheeraphat, nicknamed "Night", who turned 16 on June 23.
A press release, officially called "Sending Wild Boar Home", was broadcast live on television. When the children finished, they would go home.
However, the doctors' recommendation to keep children out of the press for a month seems difficult to account for the interest aroused by the children's story. children, even in the world of cinema.
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