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CHIANG RAI – The rescuers managed to remove a fifth child trapped for more than two weeks in a flooded cave complex in Thailand Monday said an officer of the navy this country, hours after the resumption of the rescue mission.
A witness near the Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai Province, in the north of the country, saw a medical team carrying a person wrapped in green sheets and lying in an ambulance near the hospital. entrance to the cave.
"Yes, we've already left," said a Navy officer, although he refused to give more details.
The football team "Wild Boar" was trapped in the place on June 23 while she was exploring the caves after a training session, following heavy rains who flooded the tunnels of access.
British divers found the 13 piled up in a bank filled with mud in a partially flooded room several kilometers from the complex last Monday.
The first four children were released Sunday and were in good condition at the hospital, officials said. There was no immediate information on the status of the fifth child .
The dangerous attempt to rescue the boys, between 11 and 16 years old, resumed Monday after a break to restore the oxygen supply and make other preparations inside the complex in Chiang Rai Province. north of Thailand.
Authorities have indicated that it may take three or four days to complete the mission, in a race against the clock because of heavy rains expected in the coming days, which could flood the tunnels dangerously.
Thirteen foreign divers and five members of the Thai elite SEAL unit make up the main team that guides the children out of the caves through narrow and flooded passages that cost the life of an Exbuzo from the Thai Navy on Friday.
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