Humble Australian doctor, Thai cave rescue hero, details of the ordeal

Dr. Richard Harris (right): "The pressure that has been exerted on these guys The decision to swim the members of a Thai junior football team safely from a flooded cave was taken only after all the other options were exhausted, the Australian diver and recovery expert Richard. "Harry" Harris says.

The Adelaide anesthesiologist played a crucial role in the rescue operation because of her unique skills, including 30 years of diving experience in some of the deepest and most challenging caves in the world, Friday he told how he and his Australian dive partner, retired Perth, Craig Challenge, were supported by divers from Thailand, United Kingdom and Europe alor That the 12 members of the football team and their coach were released.

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"The pressure that was exerted on these guys was immense and they never dropped the ball for a second," Harris said in a Facebook post detailing the operation.

He said at the time when he and Challen arrived at Chang Rai site in northern Thailand, local and British divers had installed sturdy ropes to ensure safe access to stranded boys from the north. Wild Boars team

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Few members of the football team & # 39; Wild Boars & # 39; recovering at the hospital after their rescue in the cave.

He said that these divers not only found the boys alive but transmitted the seriousness of the situation. "Meanwhile on the ground, the Thais and the international community were sending swarms of men and women to provide all that was needed: catering, communications, media and of course the huge crews of workers who filled the cave. with tons and tons of equipment. "Harris wrote," I've never seen anything like this with a man struggling to control the natural forces of the monsoon waters. " cave for this part of the rescue and scrub the bush for more entrances to the cave.

"Drilling crews tried to cross close to one km of rock until the next day. location of the boy. four brave Navy Seals were sitting with the Wild Boars, knowing that they were running as much danger as the kids.

Harris said that he wanted to provide details about the rescue to give credit to the other people involved.

"Craig and I had We want to make it clear to everyone that even though we have become the face of this rescue for one reason or another, everyone should know that the role we have played does not make any difference. was not more important than the hundreds, if not thousands, of the people I mentioned, "he said. 007]" The part we played was made to be much more noble than it was. did not really exist. "

" We just consider ourselves lucky to have had some skills that we could contribute to this wonderful result. "

Thousands of people joined the ############################################################################# Call for Harris and Challen to be awarded the Cross of Valor, Australia's highest civil bravery award, with a petition from exchange.org which has collected more than 33,000 signatures.

– AAP