Underground drama in Thailand: a diver dies in a rescue attempt! – News abroad

Chiang Rai (Thailand) – Terrible accident in a rescue attempt in Thailand Cave!

A diver who was a soldier of the Thai Navy Seals elite unit and who volunteered to help rescue the cave died today at 2 am morning to try to bring tanks of oxygen to the stuck football team. to bring his coach!

It was 1700 meters in the cave of the entrance. The cause of death: the lack of oxygen! His colleagues could not get him out soon enough .

According to BILD, it is Thai sergeant Smen Unan (37 years old). He was part of the dive team that was there to rescue the young people on the scene.

Unan must dive at one o'clock in the morning to bring the oxygen bottles to the third camp in the cave.

On return he suddenly becomes unconscious. His colleagues took him out as soon as possible, he was treated in a rescue tent and then taken to a nearby hospital. Only his death could be determined there.

But children are no longer alone with their coach. As BILD has learned, four divers are now constantly with the football team to take care of them. One of them is a doctor.

Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn made a public statement. He now wants to do everything to support the diver's family and carry the corpse back to his home province, King Et.

How the coach looks after his boys

Children trapped in the cave were taken to this place by their coach during the rainy season. They were trapped, trapped in the dark for days without hope of help. How much power do you give to football coach Ekkapol Janthawong (25)?

He is also one of the key figures in rescuing the twelve boys from the team. Psychologist dr. Christian Lüdke at BILD: "Children are based on the coach, it is their reference.The safety it radiates them is contagious."

The coach has always taken care of the boys, says the grandmother of One of the children trapped in BILD: "He likes it."

According to experts, footballers and coach are stuck about four kilometers beyond the entrance of Tham Luang-Khun Nam Nang Cave – 800 meters below the surface. When the rain washed the water in the cave, people trapped inside retreated more and more to the inside until they found a position higher.

► The Janthawong coach could be relatively versed in the cave, reports the AFP news agency and points to his Facebook page. The photos of 2016 show it with another football team inside the cave. He and his current team made a reconnaissance tour on June 23rd.

Coach was a monk for eight years

In addition, Ekkapol Janthawong could have helped his boys with calm and contemplation. He lived as a monk for eight years, say his relatives. His parents are already dead, aunt and friends are waiting in the tent for relatives.

They reported: Because he was a monk, Janthawong only eats one or two meals a day. After eleven o'clock in the morning, the monks are allowed to eat nothing. He had given his provisions to the children. Immediately after the discovery of the trapped, the divers had brought energy gels, drinks and paracetamol.

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He is convinced: "If the government does everything, this salvation will succeed! I pray for all families and their children."

Five o'clock in the morning. escape for children

Young, aged between eleven and sixteen, who can not swim, have now received their first diving courses. They learn to breathe properly under water. As soon as possible, they should leave the cave with professional divers.

For the moment, rescuers need six hours to reach the children. You must swim against the action of pumps that carry water out of the cave. The return is a little faster: five hours. However, some places are so narrow that divers must remove their oxygen bottle to clear their way.

It will be an unimaginable feat for already scared children.

Time is running out: although 180,000 liters per hour are pumped out of the cave, the level drops about an inch an hour. But: The next rain threatens Saturday, which will return to the cave!

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