The boys, football coach appear in the video messages after the rescue of the Thai cave: "Do not worry anymore"

The 12 boys and their football coach who were recently rescued from a cave in northern Thailand appeared in video messages from their hospital beds, in which they thanked the officials and sympathizers for their help and support.

and surgical masks, the boys sat in their bed in a hospital in Chiang Rai Province while they individually made short statements, were filmed on Friday and released by officials at the same time. 39, a press conference on Saturday.

Adul Sam-on, age 14, pronounced his in English.

"Hello, I'm Adul," he said to the camera. "Now I'm fine, I'm very grateful to help me, thank you very much."

The other boys, who spoke in Thai, echoed Adul's feelings of gratitude and joy, and mentioned what foods they were eager to eat.

"I am in good health," said Panumas Saengdee, 13, "Thank you for worrying about us and coming to help us, do not worry, I'm safe now."

"I want to eat [crispy pork belly stir fry]", said Pornchai Kamluang, 16. "Thank you to all those who support us and who send us inspiration, we want to thank you."

"I am in good health," said Sompong Jaiwong, 13, "I want to eat [stir-fried pork with basil and fried egg] I want to thank you all who support us and all those who come to help us."

The 25-year-old boy coach, Ekapol Chanthawong, thanked the doctors, the Royal Thai Navy and the Prime Minister.

"Now, I'm in good health as usual, I can eat normally," Ekapol said in Thai. "Thank you [everyone] who supports us and all the ministries that help me."

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"good mental health", but there is concern about how boys will behave when they go home for the first time in weeks, according to Piyasakol. Boys and their families were instructed to avoid any media exposure for at least a month after leaving the hospital for fear of triggering post-traumatic stress symptoms.

"Parents must take care of themselves and boys, everyone must understand," said the health minister to reporters, "even though boys are coming out of the hospital in a few days, they are still not strong. enough and need to rest at home. "

Concerns also extend to the coach of the boys, who led the young boar's youth football team in the cave last month and received criticism from outsiders . The boys and their parents, however, generally congratulated the coach for keeping their spirit up and deferring the food for them.

Ekapol has regained weight quickly and is physically well, but he is the one that psychiatrists are most anxious to protect from any mental anguish, according to Piyasakol.

After the patients leave, the hospital will deploy its "family care team" to follow up and take care of them until they recover fully , physically and mentally.

The boys, aged 11 to 16, and their trainer are trapped at Tham Luang Nang No, the longest cave in Thailand, during a hike on June 23rd. The labyrinth of Myanmar caves.

It is believed that the coach often took the teammates to the main entrance of the cave in the non-forest park of Khun Nam Nang for fun excursions after playing soccer. Two boys who are part of the team but who were not present for an unfortunate hike told ABC News that entering the cave was a kind of rite of pbadage and exercise of team consolidation.

But when the group ventured deeper into the cave that afternoon, the sky opened and it started to rain. The downpour sent floodwater rushing into the mouth of the cave and cutting off their exit route. The group advanced to find a high, dry slope where they remained stuck in total darkness for days.

After returning from the hike, the Thai authorities launched a mbadive search and rescue operation involving more than 1,000 people, including specialists from various countries such as Australia, China, Japan, United Kingdom and the United Kingdom. States.

Persistent rain initially impeded efforts to locate the group. But two British divers found all 13 alive on July 2 in an area a few miles from the main entrance to the cave.

Four days later, a former Royal Thai Navy member, Saman Gunan, 38, died in the cave after losing consciousness under water during a night operation with delivery of additional air tanks.

A team of Royal Thai Navy members, a doctor, and a nurse stayed with the group, giving them powerful protein shakes and medical badessments, while rescuers worked on a plan to get them out as quickly as possible. as surely as possible. They fought against Mother Nature to pump flood waters and divert the flow of water in the middle of the wet monsoon season in Thailand.

International diving teams evacuated the boys four at a time during a three-day period earlier this week, racing against time and an impending monsoon rain that was threatening to inundate again the cave. The coach was the last to be evacuated.

Nineteen divers entered the cave complex during each rescue mission. One to two divers guided each of the boys with straps through a series of caves and partially submerged corridors. The first leg of the one-day mission lasted 11 hours on Sunday, while the second Monday and the third Tuesday lasted about nine hours, according to Chiang Rai provincial interim governor, Narongsak Osatanakorn, head of research operation. and rescue.

Leaving the cave on stretchers, the boys and their trainer were taken by ambulance to Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital, where they recovered from perilous experience and various minor ailments.

ABC News' Brandon Baur, Joohee Cho, Matt Foster, Ben Gittleson, Matt Gutman, Hugo Leenhardt, James Longman, Kelly McCarthy, Matt McGarry, Gamay Palacios, Kirit Radia, Rex Sakamoto, Scott Shulman Mike Trew Anthony Trotter, Sohel Uddin, Marcus Wilford, Karson Yiu and Robert Zepeda contributed to this report.