In one breath, the entire planet looks at developments in Thailand and more specifically the titanic attempt to free the 12 boys and their coach who are trapped for 15 days in the Tam Luang cave
. just before 4 pm, was completed the first phase of the children's excommunication operations, where it was announced that four of the 12 children (not confirmed that six out of six) were rescued from the flooded cave
. currently have the most appropriate conditions – in terms of children's health, water and the preparation of rescuers, "he said at a press conference Sunday Narongsak Osatanakorn, head of the coordination center of the rescue.
"Four came from the cave, four were rescued."
Two divers to save each boy
As official authorities have said, every child accompanied two experienced divers. In the first phase, 13 foreign divers, among the best in the world, participated. Most of them had never traveled to Thailand, while a British diver left his wife with her newborn to help save the boys and their coach.
The four boys arrived safely Narongsak Osatanakorn said at the Chiang Rai Hospital, the largest city nearest
"Our work is not over," he added. "We must succeed in the next rescue mission, as we did today, the rest of the children are in the same place."
"The oxygen bottles that were placed are finished and new ones should be placed, "said Osatanakorn. "I can not tell you the exact timing of the next phase, but I can tell you that it will be the next 10 to 20 hours, it will not be more than 8 pm We need to check that all the factors are stable. Case will then take place. "
Shocking details of the company
Shocking are the details that see the light of the publicity of the rescue operation of the four children. The case began at 10 am local time. Ten divers started the journey of 3.2 km to the point where the kids and the coach were trapped. In the afternoon, they were reinforced by three other divers and a rescue team to build a network of ropes that would be used to transport children. 4 out of 13 went out. 9 stay inside the cave complex. It took a little over two minutes to save the cars and deliver them to the helicopters. The boys were selected based on their health status: Narongsak Head of Mission https://t.co/Nz93mYEwJj pic.twitter.com/AHrFSG6YCg
The first child was released at 17:40 local time, 7 hours and 40 minutes after the release of the second child at 17:50. The third child was released at 19:40 and the fourth at 19:50
It should be noted that it was not specified with what criteria the first four children who went out from the cave were selected. A total of 90 divers, 50 foreigners and 40 Thai participated in the rescue effort. Based on the first successful effort and rescue of four of the 12 children, it is believed that the remaining eight children will still be needed two 24 hours
