Cave in Thailand: who are the rescuers of the "thirteen of Tham Luang"



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One more madness! Just hours after the last group of children came out of Tham Luang Cave (Thailand) on Tuesday night, the pumps set up by relief to stop the torrential effect of the monsoon stopped. Breakdown. As an incredible sign that once the "wild boars" were saved, it was time for nature to resume its rhythm. And as the ultimate proof that the rescue operation could have turned into disaster, if a colossal team of rescuers from eighteen countries had mobilized. The real heroes of this month of July do not wear a black cape or football shirt. They wear a wetsuit and, since Tuesday night, in Thailand, they are enjoying a well deserved rest. Who are they?

The leading team, ace of diving Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, they were the ones who escorted the children towards the exit of the cave. The two British divers who had found the niche where the group was sheltering on the evening of July 2, the five commandos of the Royal Thai Navy and the nine other foreign divers (ten Tuesday) were the armed arm of the operation. Extraction

In Thailand, they are called "frogs" because of this drawing, which has toured the country, and represents in the form of animals all the actors of this incredible history.

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<p> These nimble amphibians, who are responsible for escorting wild boars, are all specialists, known for their rescue prowess, like the Finn Mikko Paasi, based in Malta or Canadian Erik Brown, a diving instructor in Vancouver who spent nine days in the cave doing seven dives for a total of 63 hours </p>
<p> There are also Danes Ivan Karadzic and Claus Rasmus sen, the Ukrainian Vsevolod Korobov. Or the British John Volanthen, of Bristol, Jason Mallinson, who has already saved lives in France, Ireland, Mexico, Norway and the United Kingdom, Rick Stanton, who in 2011 broke the record for diving the Longest in a cave, Chris Jewell, holder of the record of depth in the cavities of Huautla (Mexico), and Tim Acton. Not to mention in this group head Anupong Wongsoon and Por Parasu Komaradat </p>
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<p><i> Mikko Paasi is based in Malta / DR </i><strong/></p>
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<p><i> The Dane Ivan Karadzic / DR </i><strong/></p>
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<p><i> Claus Rasmussen / DR </i></p>
<p><b> Nearly 80 divers </b> Before the children were found, these divers sought them in the meanders of the Tham Luang cave in more dangerous conditions than the rescue. for example, including six police officers, began working in a completely submerged cave, while the pumps had not yet been put in operation, according to Commander Glen Mc Ewen, of the Australian Federal Police, they moved " approximately 20 t of material inside the cave ": bottles of oxygen, pumping equipment, medicines, food. </p>
<p> During the extraction operation, they served as sentinels. Cavity after cavity, they formed the first links in the human chain that accompanied the group of rescuers and children, from the shelter to room # 3. They ensured that everything went well, controlling in particular the oxygen reserves that were reduced because the equipment given to the leading team was deliberately small to fit in the narrowest pbadages. </p>
<p><b> A hundred rescuers in the cave. </b> Scattered in the grotto of the cave between its entrance and the submerged parts, they were responsible for helping the lead team during the day, and to replenish the oxygen reserves at night. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, they waited more than eight hours standing, muddy water up to their knees, the view blurred by moisture and fatigue, as children arrive. "If only one of these people had not done their job properly, the stretcher was falling," said a diver at the Guardian. </p>
<p><b> The Australian doctor stayed in the cavity for a week. </b> Posted in the cavity Tuesday of last week, to judge the state of health of the children and their trainer, the doctor Richard Harris did not leave them any more. An anesthetist doctor aged 53, diver for more than thirty years, it was he who gave the go-ahead initially, grouping the groups according to the state of health of each, and administering them anxiolytics to avoid panic </p>
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<p><i> Dr. Richard Harris / DR </i></p>
<p> Originally from southern Australia, he learned on leaving the cave Tuesday night that his father had died a few hours earlier On their Facebook page this Wednesday morning, the Navy seal sends his condolences: "We can not thank you enough for everything you did for the children, their families and Thailand Thank you Richard, and thank you to Australia! "</p>
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Four Navy seals. They were the last to go out, after eight days spent in the av cavity Dr. Harris, they introduced the children to diving. While most did not know how to swim, and none had ever dive, they had to rebadure the boys about their ability to sink into the water, the muddy water they had been trying to escape two weeks earlier. They taught them to breathe in a mask, to let go along the line of life on which they then hung. They then had to let their incredible students go, clinging to the hope that everything is going well. It is not known for the moment whether they had been informed of the death of a former army companion, Saman Kunan, who died on the night of July 5 to 6.

For now, we do not know anything about their identities. Only this photo was published on the Facebook page of the Thai seal Navy. Like children, they must protect their eyes from the light of day, and will have to bend to a range of biological tests to make sure that they have not contracted any infection underground.

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