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Chiang Rai: Thai Navy divers still had to navigate three kilometers (almost 2 miles) of dark, sun-drenched underpbades to reach the spot where rescuers would find 12 missing boys and their football coach. Eight days after the start of the search, there was still no contact with the boys, aged 11 to 16, or their 25-year-old coach since they left after the practice of soccer for explore the vast Tham. Luang cave complex in Chiang Rai province, north of Thailand.
With the boys' exit blocked by floodwaters from heavy rains, rescuers hope that they managed to reach a high rocky mound in one of the underground chambers far below the mountain. The Cavers have dubbed the potential security spot "Pattaya Beach" after one of Thailand's most famous tourist destinations.
Vice Admiral Apakorn Yuukongkaew, commander of the SEAL elite unit of the Thai Navy, said the divers had been repulsed. "From room three to the intersection and then to Pattaya Beach, this area is flooded and dark," Apakorn told reporters. "It's about 3 kilometers from Room 3 to the Pattaya Beach."
The race to save the boys dominated the newsletters, gripping the nation, and the relatives of missing children watch at length the entrance to the cave.
Dr. Somsak Akkasilp, general manager of the Department of Medical Services, said the survival of the group depended on the presence of drinking water, but that he was concerned about the risk of infection by dirty water or by contact with an animal.
"They should be fine without food for eight days," he said.
Rescue teams also scoured a thick jungle on the mountainside to find other routes in the cave.
On Sunday morning, members of a police search team were sunk into a 50-meter well drilled from the surface to the cave. It was not clear what progress they had made.
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