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Mae Sai – Thai authorities began a spectacular operation on Sunday to rescue 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in Thailand, where they were trapped for more than two weeks
. With divers, who are now working to free young people.With new monsoon rains due, rescuers warn the window of opportunity to evacuate the boys is "limited" .Here is a timeline of efforts to find and release group .- [19659002] Saturday, June 23
Young people aged 11 to 16 and their 25-year-old coach enter the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand after heavy rains after football practice.
They are missing by a mother after her son does not come home that night.
Local authorities find locked bicycles on a fence and shoes and football boots near the entrance.
Sunday, June 24
Park officials and police find handprints and boys' fingerprints. Family members begin to hold a vigil outside the cave.
Monday, June 25
SEAL divers from the Thai Navy enter the cave in search of boys. Impromptu sanctuaries set up to allow parents to pray and make offerings as heavy rains continue
Tuesday, June 26
Divers reach a T-junction several kilometers from the river cave. flood waters that obstruct a narrow crevbade near a high air pocket called "Pattaya Beach", where the boys would have pulled out.
Wednesday, June 27
A team of over 30 US military personnel from the US Pacific Command arrive, including pararescue and survival specialists.
They are joined by three British diving experts who quickly enter the cave
Thursday, June 28
The submarine rescue is temporarily stopped after the showers bring rapid floods in the cave.
Water pumps are shipped to drain rising and dark floods. [1 9659002] Friday, June 29
The head of the Thai junta, Prayut Chan-O-Cha, visits the site, meditates, jokes and cooks with relatives, asking them to not to lose hope
Saturday, June 30
A break in the rain allows divers to reach further the cave, but they are still far from the place where the It is believed that boys are.
Sunday, July 1
To dive deeper into the cave, while a base of operation is installed inside and as hundreds of tanks d & # 39; Air and other supplies are drilled.
Monday, July 2
Finally, a miracle: the 12 boys and their trainer are found alive Monday night about 400 meters beyond Pattaya Beach
The crowds of the site help cheers good news, but attention turns quickly to the difficult task
Tuesday, July 3
Essential food and medical equipment – including hypercaloric gels and paracetamol – reach the boys while the rescuers are preparing for the possibility that they will stay in the cave for a while.
Wednesday, July 4
Officials say the group is teaching how to use diving masks and breathing apparatus. The teams pump water 24 hours a day while more rain is forecast for the next few days.
Thursday, July 5
As a sign of heightened urgency, the authorities say that the expected rains could force a faster rescue. than the first thought.
A team of bird nest collectors digs the side of the mountain looking for new openings in the roof of the cave.
Friday, July 6
Tragedy: A diver helps establish an airline.
The death of Saman Kunan raises serious doubts about the safety of an attempt to rescue through the narrow and soggy pbadages of the cave
. He warns that the window of opportunity to release the youth is "limited", in the first official admission that the rescue can not wait for the monsoon rains.
Saturday, July 7
Chief of the rescue operation Narongsak Osottanakorn says that it is "not suitable" yet that boys are diving safely.
A scribbled message emerges from the coach of the team, offering his "apologies" to their parents.
The Rescue Mission Chief says more than 100 vents are drilled into the side of the mountain in a frenzied attempt to reach the boys.
Sunday, July 8
Authorities announce that with heavy rains expected soon, the mining operation has begun.
Thirteen "world-clbad" foreign divers and Thai Navy Seals enter the cave at the start of the rescue.
They say that the first boy is expected at 21:00 (14:00 GMT) but that the operation will take two to three days to complete, and that the weather would also play a role in this period of time.
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