The football team visit Buddhist temple

Young footballers rescued from a flooded cave began their first day of travel with their families on Thursday by going to a Buddhist temple to pray for protection from misfortune.

Eleven boys and coach of the Wild Boars kneeling and squeezing their hands in prayer to sing monks sing at the ceremony intended to prolong his life and protect him from danger. They were joined by relatives and friends at Wat Pra That Doi Wao temple, overlooking Myanmar on the northern border of Thailand

Only one member was absent, Adul Sargon, who is not Buddhist.

The team has already said that they order as Buddhist novices to honor a former SEAL diver from the Thai Navy who died in the cave while preparing for their rescue.

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Wednesday night, the boys and the l & # 39; The coach was released from the hospital and spoke to the media for the first time since their ordeal, describing their surprise at seeing two British divers recesses in the cave. It would take another week before they came out of Tham Luang Cave.

"We were not sure if that was for real," said Adul, 14 years old. "We stopped and we listened, and that turned out true, I was shocked."

At a moving and moving moment at the press conference, a portrait of Saman Gunan, the deceased Thai diver, was presented. One of the boys, Chanin "Titan" Vibulrungruang, 11, the youngest of the group, covered his eyes as he wiped a tear.

"I am sad and I am really impressed Sergeant Sam for sacrificing his life to allow all 13 wild boars to live our lives on the outside happily and normally," said coach Ekapol "Ake" Chanthawong. "When we discovered it, everyone was sad, extremely sad, as if we were the cause of it, to have made the sergeant's family sad and having to deal with Problems. "

To be a relaxing excursion after the practice of football, but the rain started and the water soon filled the cavern, cutting off their escape, and they huddled on a dry parcel of land at bottom of the cave

Ekapol said that the trip was to last an hour, simply because I wanted to see what was inside. "

When the hour had pbaded, they were inside and had already gone through flooded areas are in the spirit of adventure. But as he turned, he found that the path was not clear and he swam forward to explore the path, tying a rope to himself so that the boys could pull it as needed.

He says that he had to be removed

Ekapol told the boys, "We can not go out that way, we have to find another way."

"I felt scared, I was afraid of not going home and my mother was scolding me," says Mongkol Boonpiam, 13, causing laughter.

Ekarat Wongsukchan, 14, said that they decided to "calm down first, try to fix the problem and find a way out.Be calm and not shocked."

The group had not taken any food Ekapol added that all the boys knew how to swim, which was a concern for the rescuers.

Titan said that he had tried not to think about food. "When I'm starving, I do not think about food, otherwise it will make me feel more hungry."

Adul said that they were digging around the place when they heard the voices and Ekapol called for silence.

He recounted how Ekapol told them to "come down quickly, that's the sound of a person"

But he said that his teammate holding the flashlight was scared, so Adul told him, "If you're not going to go, then I'm going"

"So I quickly took the flashlight and I quickly went down, and I greeted them, & hello & ", Adds Adul.

Psychologists have considered in advance the questions of journalists to avoid raising issues that might bother them.The dangers of complicated operation , in which the boys were extracted in three separate missions with diving equipment and pulleys in the narrow pbadages, were not discussed.

The doctors said that the 13 were in good physical health and Although they lost an average of 4 kilograms (9 pounds) for more than two weeks, they were They have been trapped in the cave, but have since gained about 3 kilograms (6 1/2 pounds) on average since their rescue. They were treated for minor infections.

Asked what he had learned from their experience, 13-year-old Mongkol Boonpiam said he felt stronger. "I have more patience, stamina, tolerance," he says.

Adul said that he had taught her "not to live life"

while many boys wanted to be professional gamers when they grew up, at least four of them said that they hoped to become SEALS of the Navy, so that they could help others.

All expressed their apologies to their families.

"I wanted to apologize to my parents by mom when I get home," said Pornchai Kamluang, 16.

Ekarat said sheepishly that he wanted to apologize to his parents because while he told them that he was going to a cave, he told them the bad. I told them that I was going to Tham Khun Nam, "he said." I did not tell them that I went to Tham Luang, so I wondered how they found us in the right place. cave. "

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