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"The operation has begun and it is going on right now," said the naval officer at CNN. He said Monday's mission included the same divers involved in Sunday's treacherous operation, which lasted nine hours and led to the rescue of four boys.
Five ambulances were seen in the direction of Tham Luang Nang Complex. seen towards the entrance to the cave.
More than 12 hours ago a Thai-international rescue team sailed successfully through narrow and flooded tunnels to bring out four members of the young Wild Boars football team who were disappeared on June 23rd.
On Sunday, they had to interrupt the operation for at least 10 hours to fill the oxygen tanks that had been exhausted during the first phase of the rescue mission
The four rescued boys recover in a nearby hospital and still have to see their parents. A family member told CNN on Monday that they had not been told which boys had been removed and who was still trapped in the cave.
Authorities refused to confirm the names reported in local media, but in the small town of Mae. Sai where the cave is, everyone is talking about it, as well as the beginning of the second search.
Mission Suspended for Oxygen
Officials said Sunday that it could take "days" to bring the 12 boys and their trainer to the surface. Each boy is accompanied by two divers and it takes hours to negotiate the flooded tunnels through the dark and cloudy water
Rescuer are running to defeat the next downpour that could further complicate efforts to remove the boys, aged 11 to 16 years old. and their 25-year-old coach.
The rain began to fall late Sunday, and other rains are expected in the coming days, which could negate ongoing efforts to drain flooded caves where other boys remain trapped. We have two obstacles: water and time, "said Sunday the governor of Chiang Rai, Narongsak Osotthanakorn." This is what we have been facing since the first day … We must do all we can, even if it is difficult to fight the force of nature, "he said
According to the spokesman of the government, the Thai Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o -cha, was scheduled to arrive on the scene Monday to oversee the rest of the operation Sansern Kaewkumnerd.
"A very gentle operation"
Boys who were removed from the cave late Sunday recover from their ordeal in a newly converted isolation ward at Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital
. monitor them for any illness they might have caught in the cave, and oversee efforts to strengthen their strengths after more than two weeks with little e food and without natural light.
"The next step is to make sure that these children and their families are safe because living in a cave has a different environment that could contain animals that could transmit a disease," said a statement. from the hospital.
The Thai Secretary of Health said last week that on arrival at the hospital, boys should be quarantined for one or two days before being allowed to see their family. Visitors should wear sanitized clothing and stay two meters from the children
Operation Complex
Late Sunday, nine hours after entering the cave, elite divers emerged wearing four teenage football players. were quickly transferred to ambulances waiting to be transported to hospitals.
The cave rescue mission has gone faster than practicing the exercises in recent days, according to Osotthanakorn. Previously, the whole trip back and forth through the cave system was to last about 11 hours.
While the governor did not confirm the identity of the four boys, he said the first one emerged at 5:40 pm. local time (6:40 am ET), followed by the second boy 10 minutes later. Two other boys went out at 19:40. and after 19:50
Shortly after, ambulances were seen running towards the nearby town of Chiang Rai on roads that had been cleared to facilitate travel. When they are rescued, we focus on the health of boys in the Thai football team
Reloading tanks
The cave complex by two British divers on July 2, nine days after they abandoned their bicycles and ventured inside only to be trapped by the floodwater.
The rescue mission was a huge operation. and supported by a cast of hundreds.
Among these are American military partners, British cave diving experts – including the two men who spotted the boys for the first time a week ago – and rescue workers from Australia, China and other countries.
Steve Castonguay, spokesman for the United States Embbady in Bangkok, said: "The United States will stay here to continue supporting this operation until all the football players and their coach have been rescued. "
Julie Bishop, in an interview with Nine News Australia, CNN affiliate on Monday, said the rest of the boys should also be mined in batches
"Next couple of evacuations, I think that's a good thing. they will get the boys out of groups of four, so there will be two other groups, plus the football coach of course. "
Guesswork
Speculation about the identity of the four boys who were evacuated from the cave abounds in the vicinity.
Students and teachers at the Mae Sai Prasitsart School, where many of the missing boys attend, eagerly await news of their clbadmates.
While the morning rally was usually on the outside, intermittent rain meant that they stayed inside on Monday and prayed in their clbadrooms.
Cherdchu Thungpanya, deputy director of the school, made some tweaks in front of rows of kids who gathered in a school gym. "The good news is that we have four team members at night," he said, about the school's sound system. "Nine are still in the cave. "
