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Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand received their first food and medical treatment for 10 days.
Family members celebrate by camping near Tham Luang Cave following news all members of the children's football team and their coach were alive in the cave.
Photo: AFP
Seven divers, including a doctor and a nurse, joined the group inside the northern caves after being found alive on Monday.
More heavy rains could see water levels rise and threaten the air pocket where the group has fled.
The boys were found nine days after entering the caves of Chiang Rai Province. On Tuesday, Thai authorities told reporters that the rescuers were providing health checks and treatments and entertaining the boys, adding that none of those who were trapped was in a serious situation.
"They were fed foods rich in vitamins and minerals easily digested, under the supervision of a doctor," said Vice Admiral Apagorn Youkonggaew, chief of special forces of the Thai Navy.
It is believed that most members of the group can not swim, complicating what would already be a difficult rescue.
Royal Thai Navy shows missing children in Tham Luang cave.
Photo: AFP
Earlier, the Thai Army said that boys should learn to dive – or wait until four months for the floods to get away before that they can come out of the caves, which means that the food would need
Anupong Paojinda Interior Minister later stressed the urgency of the evacuation, adding that the rain was expected "in the coming days," reported Bangkok Post . Mr. Anupong said that we were installing a phone line so that boys could talk to their families.
Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osoththanakorn said that "no risk" would be taken by saving the boys.
"We will not be hurrying out of the cave," he told reporters. can leave the cave first. "
The governor said that requests had been made to build an" infrastructure "in the cave leading to the pocket where the teenagers and their coach are located
Thai authorities appealed for donations of masks full diving are small enough to fit the boys to reduce the risk.
Two British lifeguards who flew to the search operation found the boys on Monday
The video of this first contact was posted on Facebook by the Thai Navy Special Forces
The boys are seen by candlelight sitting on a ledge above the water, responding to the divers who were all there and that they were very hungry
They ask how long they are underground they can leave now The divers tell them that they doiven Do not wait, but say that people will come back for them.
A boy replies, "Oh, see you tomorrow."
The group's search seized the nation because it was not clear where "
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said about the boys' discovery that" everyone is a hero ".
"Thank you to all Thais, thank you to all foreigners."
The boys, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach disappeared on June 23rd. It is believed that they entered the cave when it was dry and that sudden heavy rain blocked the exit.
They were found on a rocky platform about 4 km from the entrance to the cave
. Drought clogged the narrow passages with mud and debris, blocking visibility and access.
One of the most difficult parts for divers came close to Pattaya Beach – a high mound complex of caves – where it was hoped that the boys had sought refuge.
Divers had to navigate a series of tight, narrow turns in near-darkness. They completed the difficult journey to find the flooded Pattaya beach, so swam and found the boys at about 400m
.
Photo: AFP
The safety of trapped boys is an extremely dangerous task given the conditions in the interior.
The Tham Luang cave is regularly flooded during the rainy season that lasts until September or October.
Experts warned that it would be very risky to take inexperienced divers into the dangerous corridors of muddy, blind waters.
Diver Ben Reymenants, who is assisting with the rescue mission, told the BBC that volunteered to stay with the boys for "up to four months" until the following day. 39 water has withdrawn.
Other teams are still roaming the side of the mountain in the hope of finding another path in the cave. The local football team and its coach are known to have taken them occasionally for field trips and field trips.
Tinnakorn Boonpiem, whose 12-year-old Mongkol is one of 13, told Agence France-Presse that she was "so happy" to hear that they wer "I want that" He is physically and mentally fit, "she says.
"I am so happy that I can not put it into words," said another parent of one of the group members to reporters. tears of joy streamed down her cheeks.
– BBC
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