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The twelve young footballers who survived a cave in Thailand after 18 days underground learned and cried this weekend on July 6th
of a Thai diver who was coming to their aid, said Sunday the Ministry of Health.
They will leave the hospital Thursday
The team of "wild boars" had remained stuck since June 23rd 'to its evacuation which took three days and ended on July 10 in the cave of Tham Luang (north), floodable in monsoon season. They will be released Thursday from the hospital, had announced Saturday the authorities who advised them to stay away from the media. Doctors believe children are healthy after the rescue operation by Thai navy divers and foreign cave-diving specialists.
But a former Thai Navy diver was killed. Saman Kunan belonged to a team that was trying to establish an oxygen supply line from the room where the children were waiting to be rescued. This former member of the Thai Navy commandos had lost consciousness on the way back.
Drawings and a minute of silence
The boys, aged 11 to 16 were only informed on Saturday, the team medical, judging them mentally strong enough to receive such news. "They all cried and expressed their condolences by writing messages on a drawing of Lieutenant Commander Saman and observed for him a minute of silence," Jedsada Chokdamrongsuk, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Health, said in a statement. "They also thanked him and promised him to be good boys."
Photographs made public show children grouped around a portrait of Saman Kunan and scribbling messages on them while curving themselves as a sign of respect for him. Messages poured in from Thailand and abroad in tribute to Saman Kunan, a triathlete and diver who left the military in 2006 and worked for Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok before volunteering for the children's rescue mission. the cave
How are teenagers?
Officials in the health services gave a generally positive picture of children's recovery. The Ministry of Health has judged their general condition and that of their normal trainer although many of them are still on antibiotic treatment. Despite these hitherto encouraging diagnoses, experts stress that they will all need to be closely monitored for possible signs of psychological distress that could take months to manifest themselves. They spent nine days in the darkness of a wet cave before being spotted by two British divers.
Staying away from the media
Children and their parents were advised to spend time with their children. friends and their families and not to give interviews to the media as this could "trigger symptoms of post-traumatic stress", in the words of the Minister of Public Health, Piyasakol Sakolsattayatorn. The saga of the extraordinary rescue of young footballers, which has mobilized hundreds of rescuers for two weeks in this isolated area in the middle of the rainforest, is already of interest to Hollywood, including the pure flix evangelist production company.
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