The 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand showed little sign of their underwater nightmare for 18 days while they thanked their rescuers Saturday, expressing on video for the first time since their hospital bed. I am very good, "says Adul-Sam-on, 14, on camera, a small smile apparent despite the surgical mask that he wears. "Thank you for helping me .. Thank you very much."
One of the 13-year-old boys, Sompong Jaiwong Pong, added that he "would like to thank all those who supported me and I would like to thank people from all over the world for helping us. "
Other members of the team, some of whom flex their muscles while others waved the sign of victory , admitted that they wanted good food, including clbadic Thai dishes, steak and fried chicken from Colonel. 19659006] PHOTOS
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CHIANG RAI, THAILAND – JUNE 28: A giant driller is brought to the entrance of Tham Luang Nang No cave in the Drilling effort in the mountain find a way to approach the missing boys on June 28, 2018 in Chiang Rai Thailand. Rescuers are fighting against the torrential rains in northern Thailand as they pursue the search for 12 boys and their missing coach since Saturday night in Tham Luang Nang cave after the monsoon rains have blocked the main entrance. Teams of SEAL sailors made their way through submerged pbadages in sprawling underground caverns as Thai government officials warned on Wednesday that time is running out and research is intensifying for the young aged football team. from 11 to 16 years old. -the coach, with soldiers and park rangers looking for other points of entry into the cave system. (Photo by Linh Pham / Getty Images)
Thai soldiers take over the electric cable in Tham Luang cave in the Khun Nam Nang Non-Forest Park in Chiang Rai on June 26, 2018 during a rescue operation for a football team their coach. – Desperate parents held a prayer ceremony in front of a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children and their football coach were trapped for days, while military divers resumed their search on June 26. (Photo by LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images)
Thai rescue personnel arrive at Tham Luang Cave to conduct operations to find missing members of the children's football team in a cave with their trainer at Khun Cave Nam Nang National Park in Chiang Rai, June 25, 2018. A spectacular underwater rescue mission to find a children's football team locked in a flooded cave for two days was underway in northern Thailand. by Krit Phromsakla Na Sakolnakorn / THAI NEWS PIX / AFP) (Photo credit should read KRIT PHROMSAKLA NA SAKOLNAKORN / AFP / Getty Images)
Family members and parents pray as they watch The Tham Luang cave in the park Khun Nam Nang non-forest in Chiang Rai on June 26, 2018 while the rescue staff conducted the operation for the missing children's football team and their coach. – Desperate parents held a prayer ceremony outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children and their football coach were trapped for several days, while military divers took over their research on June 26th. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images)
Thai rescue personnel carry oxygen tanks inside the Tham Luang cave to find them. missing members of the children's football team with their coach at Khun Nam Nang No Forest Park in Chiang Rai on June 26, 2018. (Photo by Krit Phromsakla Na Sakolnakorn / THAI NEWS PIX / AFP) (Photo credit should read KRIT PHROMSAKLA NA SAKOLNAKORN / AFP / Getty Images)
Thai soldiers relay electrical cable deep into Tham Luang cave at Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in Chiang Rai on June 26, 2018 during a rescue operation of a missing children football team and their coach. – Desperate parents held a prayer ceremony outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children and their football coach were trapped for several days, while military divers took over their research on June 26th. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images)
Thai Relief Gathers at the Entrance to Tham Luang Cave in Khun Nam Nang Non-Forest Park in Chiang Rai on June 26, 2018 during a rescue operation for missing children. football team and their coach. – Desperate parents held a prayer ceremony outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children and their football coach were trapped for several days, while military divers took over their research on June 26th. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images)
Family members and relatives pray at the entrance to Tham Luang cave while rescue workers perform operations to find the missing members of the football team. Khun Nam Nang Non-Forest Park in Chiang Rai Province on June 26, 2018. (Photo by Krit Phromsakla Na SAKOLNAKORN / Various Sources / AFP) (Photo credit should read KRIT PHROMSAKLA NA SAKOLNAKORN / AFP / Getty Images)
Members Family and relatives pray while they watch near Tham Luang cave in Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in Chiang Rai on June 26, 2018 while rescuers perform an operation for a missing child team and their coach. – Desperate parents held a prayer ceremony outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children and their football coach were trapped for several days, while military divers took over their research on June 26th. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images)
Thai soldiers transport material to Tham Luang Cave of the Khun Nam Nang Non-Forest Park in Chiang Rai on June 26, 2018 Rescue operation of a missing children's football team and their coach. – Desperate parents held a prayer ceremony outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children and their football coach were trapped for several days, while military divers took over their research on June 26th. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images)
A parent shows the photo of 14-year-old Adorn Sanorn, while family members watch near the cave of Tham Luang at Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in Chiang Rai on June 26th. , 2018 while the rescue staff conducts the operation for a missing children football team and their trainer. – Desperate parents held a prayer ceremony outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children and their football coach were trapped for several days, while military divers took over their research on June 26th. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images)
Thai soldiers carry material in Tham Luang Cave, Khun Nam Nang Non-Forest Park, Chiang Rai, Thailand. June 26, 2018 during a rescue operation of a football team and their coach. – Desperate parents held a prayer ceremony outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children and their football coach were trapped for several days, while military divers took over their research on June 26th. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images)
Thai soldiers take electric cable to Tham Luang cave in Khun Nam Nang Non-Forest Park in Chiang Rai on June 26 2018 during a rescue operation for missing children. football team and their coach. – Desperate parents held a prayer ceremony outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children and their football coach were trapped for several days, while military divers took over their research on June 26th. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images)
Family members and relatives wait outside the non-forest park of Khun Nam Nang in Chiang Rai on 26 June 2018 during a rescue operation of a football team. – Desperate parents held a prayer ceremony in front of a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children and their football coach were trapped for days, while military divers resumed their search on June 26. (Photo by LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images)
Thai soldiers take electric cable to Tham Luang Cave at Khun Nam Nang Non-Forest Park in Chiang Rai on June 26, 2018 during a rescue operation for missing children. football team and their coach. – Desperate parents held a prayer ceremony outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children and their football coach were trapped for several days, while military divers took over their research on June 26th. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images)
Family members and relatives pray near the entrance to Tham Luang cave while rescue workers perform operations to find the missing members of the football team in the non-forest park of Khun Nam Nang in Chiang Rai province on June 26, 2018. (Photo by LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo credit should read LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images)
Family members and relatives pray at the entrance to Tham Luang cave while rescue personnel perform operations to find missing members of the children's football team with their trainer at the cave in the Khun Nam Nang Non-Forest Park in C (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo credit to read LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images)
Thai soldiers take over the cable elect in Tham Luang cave at Khun Nam Nang No Forest Park in Chiang Rai on June 26, 2018 during a rescue operation of a missing children's football team and their trainer. – Desperate parents held a prayer ceremony outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children and their football coach were trapped for several days, while military divers took over their research on June 26th. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images)
Family members and relatives pray at the entrance to Tham Luang Cave while rescue workers perform operations to find the missing members of the football team. Khun Nam Nang Non-Forest Park in Chiang Rai Province, June 26, 2018. (Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo credit: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images)
Bicycles owned by members of 39, a children's football team, who are trapped in a cave chamber with their coach, are seen as the Thai rescue staff (background) conduct operations under the spotlight at the 39th. entrance of Tham Luang cave at Khun Nam Nang National Park in Chiang Rai, June 25, 2018. A spectacular underwater rescue mission to find a children's football team locked in a flooded cave for two days was in course in northern Thailand. by Krit Promsakla Na Sakolnakorn / THAI NEWS PIX / AFP) (Photo credit should read KRIT PROMSAKLA NA SAKOLNAKORN / AFP / Getty Images)
Bicycles owned by members of a children's football team, which are trapped in a troglodyte chamber with their Thai rescue personnel perform operations under spotlights at the entrance to Tham Luang Cave in the Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in Chiang Rai on June 25, 2018. – A spectacular underwater rescue mission to find a children's football The team that was trapped in a flooded cave for two days was under way in northern Thailand, authorities said on June 25. (Photo credit: Krit Promsakla Na Sakolnakorn / THAI PIX NEWS / AFP) (Photo credit: KRIT PROMSAKLA Family members carrying a flower offering for prayers arrive with Thai relief personnel near Tham Luang cave to lead operations to find the missing members of the children's football team in a cave with their trainer at the cave of the non-forest park of Khun Nam Nang in Chiang Rai on June 25, 2018. – An underwater rescue mission Spectacular to find a children's football team trapped in a flooded cave for two days was underway in northern Thailand 25. (Photo by Krit Phromsakla Na Sakolnakorn / Thai News Pix / AFP) (Photo credit should read KRIT PHROMSAKLA NA SAKOLNAKORN / AFP / Getty Images)
Abandoned bicycles belonging to missing children are seen stationed together while Thai rescue personnel lead ops Rescue rations under the spotlight, with the & # 39; background to the & # 39; entrance to the cave of Tham Luang in Chiang Rai province, June 26, 2018, while 12 children and r coach. (Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) [LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP / Getty Images]
Rescuers are seen in the Tham Luang Caves in search of 12 members of a football team under 16 and their coach, REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Staff work near the Tham Luang cave during a search for members of a U-16 football team and their coach, REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun [19659030] Rescuers work near the Tham Luang cave complex when looking for members of a football team under 16 and their coach in the north of the country. REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun
Rescuers work near the Tham Luang cave complex during a search for members of a football team under 16 and their coach, in the province from Chiang, in the north of the country. Rai, Thailand, June 28, 2018. REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun
Soldiers are seen at the Tham Luang cave complex while searching for members of a football team under 16 years old and their coach, in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, June 28, 2018. REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun
Rescuers carry water pipes in the Tham Luang cave complex during a rainy day. a search for members of a football team under 16 and their coach, in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, June 28, 2018. REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun
Soldiers and rescuers carry a pump in the cave of Tham Luang during a search for members of a football team under 16 and their coach, in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, June 28, 2018. REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun
CHIANG RAI, THAILAND – JUNE 28: British diver Richard William Stanton is leaving Tham Luang Nang No cavern in complete kit without any answers to journalists' questions on June 28, 2018 in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Rescuers fought against the heavy rain in northern Thailand as they pursued the search for 12 boys and their football coach who disappeared to Tham Luang Nang cave since Saturday night after the rains of monsoon blocked the main entrance. Teams of SEAL sailors made their way through submerged pbadages in sprawling underground caverns as senior Thai government officials warned on Wednesday that time was running out and research was intensifying for the young team. football, aged 11 to 16 years old. a year-old coach, with soldiers and park rangers looking for other points of entry into the cave system. (Photo by Linh Pham / Getty Images)
Rescuers are seen near the Tham Luang cave complex when looking for members of a football team under 16 and their coach, in Thailand's Chiang Rai Province on June 28th. 2018. REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun
United States Soldiers leave the Tham Luang Cave Complex in search of members of a U-16 football team and their coach in the province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, June 28, 2018. REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun
US Soldiers leave the Tham Luang Cave Complex looking for members of a U-16 football team and their coach in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, June 28, 2018. REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun
bring out a family member of the Tham Luang cave complex when looking for members of a football team under 16 and their coach, in the province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, June 28, 2018. REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun
Soldiers work near the Tham Luang Caves in search of 12 members of a football team under 16 and their coach, in the province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, June 27, 2018. REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun
A Buddhist monk Relatives pray near the Tham Luang caves when looking for 12 members of a football team under 16 years old and their coach in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand heath, June 27, 2018. REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun
in front of the cave complex of Tham Luang during a search of members of a 16 members of the football team and their coach, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, June 27, 2018. REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun
A family member is crying near the Tham Luang Caves while searching for 12 footballers under the age of 16. The team and its trainer, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, June 27, 2018. REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun
Family members spend their time near the Tham Luang Caves in search of 12 members of a football team and their coach, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, June 27, 2018. REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun
A family member is carrying flowers to pray near the cave Tham Luang during a search for members of a football team and their coach, in the North Province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, on June 27, 2018. REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun
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Some of the boys lost up to 11 pounds during their long weeks of waiting for rescue in the dark cave of Tham Luang, but they work to regain that wei La video was shared during a press conference on Saturday at the Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital, where the Minister of Public Health, Dr. Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn, revealed that the Wild Boar football team should be released Thursday, according to Reuters. "All 13 people, their physical bodies are strong and fit … now everything is cleared, no fever," he said.
It was previously reported that many of the boys had recovered from pneumonia, a minor lung.
The youth football team – aged 11 to 16 – and their 25-year-old football coach on June 23 entered the cave, not far from the border of Myanmar, in the summer. intention to explore his bowels. for one hour after training. But heavy rains flooded their exit route and left them trapped in the cavern as water levels continued to rise.
They worked to find higher ground, using their hands to feel the walls of a potential tunnel.
"They all saw a small pbadage or crawl space, so they all dug the hole to get to another place until they found Nen Name Sao," Banphot Konkum said. – The father of one of the rescuers said that it was the boys' handprints that first badured them that the team had survived before two British divers discovered them on the 2nd July. The 13 people were then extracted from the cave during a three-day rescue mission, coordinated by the Thai Navy SEALS and an international team of expert divers.
While they are healthy now, doctors say that they are still concerned about their mental state and how they will handle their new fame as a result of the far-reaching rescue. They are already two production companies preparing for a Hollywood version of the daring diving efforts.
"We must prepare the children and their families for the attention they will receive," Piyasakol told reporters. worked well together to get the kids out. We worked well together then and we should work well together now so that children can recover physically and mentally as they grow up. "
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