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MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) – "Everyone is safe." With these three words posted on Facebook, the bold rescue mission to pull out 12 boys and their football coach from the confines of a flooded cave in Thailand was over – a grueling 18-day ordeal that cost the lives of the boys. an experienced diver
The Thai Navy SEAL, who were at the center of the rescue effort, celebrated the feat with a message Tuesday night saying: "All thirteen boars are now out of the cave , "- a reference to the boys' football team. . "We do not know if it's a miracle, a science or what."
Eight boys were rescued by a team of Thai and international divers on Sunday and Monday. On Tuesday, the last four boys and their coach were guided out of the cave. Their rescue was followed a few hours later by the safe return of a nurse and three SEAL divers who had stayed for days with the boys in their cramped shelter.
Dozens of volunteers and journalists were waiting for news. the complex and high-risk rescue mission had succeeded. The helicopters carrying the boys roared over their heads. People in the street applauded and applauded when ambulances carrying them on the last leg of their journey arrived at a hospital in Chiang Rai city, in northern Thailand, near the border with Myanmar
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Payap Maiming, who helped provide food and basic necessities to rescue workers and journalists, noted this fact.
"I'm happy for Thais all over the country," he said. "And in fact, everyone in the world because every news channel presented this story and that's what we expected."
"It's really a miracle," said Payap. "It's the hope and the faith that brought us this success."
Ambad Sriwichai, an aunt of the rescued coach Ekkapol Chantawong, was ecstatic. "If I see him, I just want to hug him and tell him that I missed him a lot," she said.
The distress of boys and their coach captivated much of the world. they were missing, at the first flickering video of the mob of anxious but smiling boys when they were found by a pair of British divers 10 days later. The group had entered Tham Luang's sprawling cavern to explore after football practice on June 23, but monsoon rains quickly filled the narrow pbadages, blocking their escape.
Each of the boys, aged 11 to 16 years and without diving experience, was guided by a pair of divers in the high-stakes three-day operation. The route, in some places just a crawl space, had oxygen cartridges placed at regular intervals to refresh the air supply of each team.
Highlighting the dangers, a former Thai marine SEAL died Friday by restoring the tanks. Experts warned that diving young was potentially too risky. But Thai officials, fully aware that the monsoon rains could trap the boys for months, have seized a window of opportunity provided by a relatively mild weather. A mbadive effort to pump water made the winding pbadages more navigable. And the trust of the diving team, and the cave-specific expertise, have increased after his first successful mission Sunday.
"We did something no one thought possible," Narangsak Osatanakorn, Governor of Chiang Rai Province Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, speaking on Tuesday before the end of the rescue, said that the boys had been given an anti-anxiety medication to help them leave their cave.
Interviewed at a press conference in Bangkok if the boys had been sedated, Prayuth said, "Who would chloroform them? If they are chloroformed, how could they come out? It's called anxiolytic, something to make them not excited, not stressed.
Prayuth stated that Tham Luang Cave would be closed for a while for the safety of visitors.
The first eight boys came out well and were in a good mood at the hospital. On Tuesday, Jedsada Chokdumrongsuk, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Public Health, said the boys rescued on Sunday were able to eat normal food by Tuesday, but they still could not do it. take the favorite spicy dishes by many Thais.
Two of the boys probably have a lung infection, but all eight are usually "healthy and smiling," he said
"The kids are footballers. ", Said Jedsada at a press conference." Everyone is in a good mood and is happy to go out, but we will have a psychiatrist evaluate them. "
It could be at least a week before They could be released from the hospital, he said, the boys were isolated to try to protect them from infections by strangers, but family members saw at least some of the boys behind a fence
It was clear that doctors were taking a cautious approach.Jedsada said that they were unsure of the type of infections that boys might encounter "because we have never experienced this kind of problem of a deep cave. "
If medical tests show no danger after two days, parents will be able to get in. According to another public health official, Tosthep Bunthong, […]
John Tangkitcharoenthawon, a president of v local illage, bursting with joy about the successful rescue
"If this place had a roof, morale went through it," he said.
President Donald Trump joins with those who paid tribute to the rescuers
"On behalf of the United States, congratulations to the Thai Navy, SEALs and all on the successful rescue of the 12 boys and their treacherous cave coach in Thailand, "he tweeted. "Such a beautiful moment – everything is released, great job!"
Manchester United, one of the most popular football teams, expressed its relief and invited the boys and their coach, as well as those who saved them, to come and see the team play on their field this season.
A message posted on the Twitter account of the English Premier League club says: "Our thoughts and prayers are with those who are affected." We would like to welcome the Wild Boars Football Club team and their lifeguards to Old Trafford this season.
The International Football Federation, FIFA, had already invited the boys to attend the World Cup final in Russia on Sunday. However, the doctors treating the boys said that it was too early for them to make the trip.
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