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Mae Sai. The twelve schoolchildren and the coach trapped in a cave in northern Thailand eleven days ago began today accelerated lessons of learning to swim and dive alone. way to leave the cave
ten soldiers, led by a military doctor, meet the group to assess the evolution of their physical conditions.
A new video published by the Thai Navy shows the children inside the cave visibly thin and wrapped in thermal blankets, "
" The state of most of they are good, they are tired and they need time to recover, some of them do not know how to swim and we must teach them to dive. "From the underground lair, said to Efe Weerachon Sukondhapatipak, spokesman of the government.
During the day of Wednesday, the absence of rain opened the ranzas of an early rescue operation to the Inside the cave located in the natural park Tham Luang-Khun Nam Nang No, in the northern province of Chiang Mai.
In addition, the incessant work of twenty or so pumps. water extraction drained 10,000 liters per hour of the flooded passages, said one of the rescue members.
"Diving is the only way out (…) you have to try before you get there. the arrival of the rains, then it will be more complicated, "he told Efe, the German Torsten Lechler, technical adviser in operations.
" We have thirteen fragile people who have to dive, climb, dive and walk again. Everyone is in good health, but they need a few days to recover their strength, "says the expert.
The activity is frantic at the entrance to the cave, where members of the Thai elite are trying to trace. "Many factors, including physical and psychological, must be taken into consideration when planning the mission," said Captain Jessica Tait, spokesman for the army. United States deployed in assistance tasks.
"There is no rush," spokesman Ruetaiwan Patisen said, assuring that the children and their monitor will leave when they are ready. Currently, schoolchildren aged 11 to 16 and their football coach, 26, are fed energy supplements and vitamins and the authorities believe that rescue tasks can last from a week to a few days. month
Rescue teams set up a temporary encampment in a cavity, about 1.5 kilometers from where the children are, to move the rescue equipment little by little
"During the Diving (children) will face a number of challenges such as: maintaining calm, zero visibility, cold water currents or temperatures, "says Lechler, a diver with 40 years of age. experience and based in Phuket.
solutions proposed by the counselor is to use special diving masks, which cover the entire face and allow direct communication under the water.
"Speaking in your language with rescue members will give them confidence"
The parents of the trapped are "happy and hopeful" to embrace their loved ones as soon as possible, as he amplifies the government spokesman, while the whole country is waiting to celebrate a happy ending.
Today, they practiced practices before a hypothetical emergency evacuation of the victims, which could be transferred to the hospital in four military helicopters stationed in the vicinity of the cave.
The group was found Monday night on an island of dry land 4 kilometers inside the cave and after nine days of intense research to which more than 1,300 people participated.
According to the official version, the 13 entered the galleries on Saturday, June 23 after a football training when a sudden storm began to flood the cavity and cut the exit
Source: EFE
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