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Schoolmates of the twelve missing children with their trainer in a cave in Thailand pray for them to be found, July 2, 2018 in Mae Sai / AFP
Relief operations live on television, song in their tribute … Monday, the fate of 12 children and their coach trapped for nine days in a flooded cave prompted a national mobilization, although no contact has yet been established.
Divers have never been so close to the underground chamber where the group would be , called "Pattaya Beach", giving rise to a rise of hope.
From the operational base installed Sunday in the heart of this network of ten kilometers long, "the distance to Pattaya Beach is less than 600 meters", has exp liquefied a naval officer at AFP.
The hope was therefore Monday, either in the televisual direct or in the school yard of Mae Sai Prasitsart, in northern Thailand, where six of the twelve children attend school. A ceremony was held here Monday, hoping for "good news" to come.
Thai Royal Navy divers inspecting a tunnel in Tham Luang Cave, where 12 children and their soccer coach are stranded on July 1, 2018 near Chiang Rai / ROYAL THAI NAVY / AFP
"Let him come back and play football with us, I miss him", implored among the 200 children gathered for the occasion Tilek Jana, whose friend Prajak is among the missing
"I pray every night to save these 13 lives, I hope we will have good news" shortly, added Jakkrit Muenghong, one of Prajak's teachers.
"We let's sing, pray and send them our support for their donation the strength of waiting for the help to arrive, "says Kanet Pongsuwan, the school director.
Young footballers aged 11 to 16 and their coach had ventured on the evening of June 23, after their sports training, in the Tham Luang cave, in this dense tropical forest area, on the border with Burma and Laos.
But they were blocked by the heavy monsoon rains and no contact has since been made with them.
Thailand: Still no contact contact with missing children / AFP
Their drama was relayed Monday live on Thai television and Thai netizens spoke only about it.
A famous singer in Thailand, Kong Huayrai, even wrote a song in their Tribute: "We do not know who you are, what you look like, but where are you, are you cold and hungry?" says the ride, aired on television. "Can the wind reach you to tell you that there are people waiting for you?", The song continues.
Monday, members of the Lisu mountain people gathered near the cave to sacrifice chickens and pigs, an offering to the spirits of the river and the forest, to implore them to allow the return safe and sound.
-Battle against time and water-
"We Let's fight against time and water to save these 13 lives, "said Governor Narongsak Osottanakorn
" The tunnel is filled with mud, the divers have to evacuate it, "he said. 19659004] Dozens of divers, including international, have been mobilizing for more than a week to try to find the children.
Teams of foreign specialists from Australia, Great Britain, Japan, China, as well as about thirty American soldiers, arrived in this remote mountainous area to lend a hand. thousands of rescuers mobilized in Thailand
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