Rescue of the cave in Thailand: A trapped schoolboy wears a football shirt in England – but he misses a World Cup

A schoolboy trapped in a Thai cave wears a football shirt in England – but he missed the club's thrilling club-shot win over Colombia.

The boy wore the long-sleeved red shirt emblazoned with the Three Lions badge and a Nike logo while he was talking to the divers of the Thai Navy in a new video released on Wednesday.

Another wears the blue shirt of Chelsea FC.

The youths, their 10 soccer teammates and their 25-year-old coach are in good health and good mood despite the fact that they were trapped in the flooded cave for 11 days.

and dive while they are preparing to take them out safely amidst fears that they may remain trapped for weeks or months.

Prawit Wongsuwan told reporters: "The water is very strong and the space is narrow.Extract them kids takes a lot of people. "

"Now we teach children to swim and dive."

If water levels decline and the current weakens Children will be removed quickly, he added. 9011] Boys appeared to be in a good mood Wednesday
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More than 120 million liters of water have been pumped to date in the Tham Luang Caves in Chiang Rai Province .

Doctors and counselors visited the "Wild Boar" football team, as well as divers from the Thai Navy SEAL, to give them medicine and food.

Divers need three hours to reach the boys. the cave.

A group of about 30 divers in diving suits were seen preparing the kit and heading to the caves on Wednesday, accompanied by military and an expert from foreign caves.

A video published by the SEALS shows two lifeguards sitting on a high part of the cave next to the boys wrapped in emergency paper blankets that seemed to be in a good mood, sometimes laughing.

A torch is lit on each boy, who says hello and shows up with his head down and his palms together in a traditional wai. The group was discovered by SEALS and two British cave diving experts – firefighter Rick Stanton and computer consultant John Volanthen – at the site of the flooded cave
. Monday after disappearing June 23, when a post-workout trip went wrong

Hundreds of people were involved in the vast research effort.

Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osottanakorn said the authorities were eager to get the boys out and suggest that it could happen in stages, but only when they are safe.

He told reporters, "The 13 do not have to go out at the same time – who is ready first can go first."

Officials dismissed as speculation reports that boys could be trapped for up to four months, although supplies were prepared for this period of time.

Somboon Sompiangjai, 38 years old His 16-year-old son Peerapat was able to swim, adding that he was confident that the experience and professionalism of SEALS would allow them to bring boys back to school. house safely.

He tells Reuters: "I do not worry about diving in. I felt much better after seeing the clips with the kids in a good mood, even though they had been there for 10 days. "