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Schoolchildren trapped in an underground cave in Thailand will have to learn to dive or face a long wait for the floods to calm down, say the rescuers.
The 12 boys and their football coach were found alive at the bottom of the cave Monday, after a nine day trial
But the group will have to endure their ordeal longer while the rescuers manage to get them out safely, said Tuesday the governor of Chiang Rai Province
. Young people aged 11 to 16 and their 25-year-old coach disappeared after hiking in the cave shortly before being hit by the flood, leaving them locked underground.
Nearly 900 soldiers and emergency personnel, Elite military divers and British rescuers were called to find the children
The boys seemed nervous and frightened when they were discovered by the rescue team.
A video shot by rescuers in a glittering torch revealed boys dressed in shorts and sh red and blue sitting or standing on the rock above an expanse of water.
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"How many of you are there – 13" Brilliant, "a British diver told the youngsters." You've been here for 10 days, you're very strong. "[19659004] "Thank you," said one of the boys.
One of the boys asks when they will come out of the cavern, to which the rescuer responds: "Not today, you have to dive."
Two British divers, John Volanthen and Rick Stanton, were the first to reach the boys, having great experience in cave rescue, according to Bill Whitehouse, vice president of the British Cave Rescue Council.
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They found the group with a navy team Thai SEAL divers
Rescuers focused on a high mound that speleologists dubbed "Pattaya Beach" in the resort's third chamber, knowing that it could have provided a shelter for boys when rains flooded the cave
. "The SEAL reported that … they reached Pattaya Beach which was flooded, so they went 400 meters further where we found the 13 … which were safe," Narongsak told the group. of acclaimed journalists
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Rescuers must now decide how to get the group out of its state of weakness. They received energy gels to support them while a plan is being developed to put them safe.
The options considered included waiting for the lowering of the water level or the use of diving equipment to navigate the flooded cave. "If you ask me now, while we are still evaluating all sides, I do not think they'll be home soon," Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osottanakorn told reporters.
. "We have clbadified their state of health as red, yellow or green, with red being the most serious injuries, yellow being soft and green being light Yesterday, unofficially, we felt that most are in the green category. "
Narongsak sai Rescuers are now focusing on the "rescue" phase and then handing over to medical teams waiting outside the cave.
Parents pray after their loved ones have been found
The kids disappeared with their coach a week ago Saturday
They are: Chanin Wiboonroongrueng, 11, Duangphet Promthep, Age Unknown, Phornchid Kamluang, 16, Prachuck Sutham, 14, Somphong Jaiwong, 13, Peerapat Sompiengjai, 16, Ekkarat Wongsookchan, 14, Panumart Saengdee, age unknown, Pipat Phothai, 15, Nattawoot Thakamsai, 14, Adul Samon, 14, Mongkol Boonpium, 13, and cok Ekkapol Chantawong, 25.
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The youth, from the Wild Boars football team, were then seen with beaming smiles on photos taken by military divers who found them.
Rescuers can also be seen the good news
The rescue mission began when boys' bicycles and football boots were found at the entrance to the caves
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"The seals of the Thai navy have found the 13 signs of life," Narongsak Osottanakorn, regional governor, told reporters. mile, the cave is wide open with spectacular limestone rock formations.
(1965: 64) Children, aged 11 to 16, were members of the Wild Boars football team [19659010] (Image: Facebook)
But more deeply, the network narrows and the signs warn visitors not to venture further during the rainy season, which usually begins in July, as it is prone to floods
when he found their shoes and their bikes near the entrance to the cave, no signs of children.
Thai navy experts swam three miles into the cave system in search of children before finding them in a previously obscure and inaccessible cavern.
A Royal Thai Navy commander supervising the research said that he hoped that the 12 boys and their 25 year old
"I believe that they are all still alive, but they could be exhausted … we should have good news," Rear Admiral Arparkorn Yookongkaew
told Reuters. Helicopters and drones involved, Originally, precipitation was very strong, while oxygen levels in the cave reached dangerously low levels.
"The team went down to a depth of 5 meters and found a large room … but we found no trace of the children," said the Thai Navy on his Facebook page after the first day of the search was unsuccessful.
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