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Updated 19 June 2011, 14:22
By Agence France-Presse
After nine days trapped in a Thai flooded cave 12 boys and their football coach were found alive in a Miraculous Rescue
Here's how the grueling nine-day search into the 10-kilometer (6-mile) cave filled with muddy and fast floodwaters unfolded.
Saturday, June 23
Young people, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach went to the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand after football practice . They were reported missing by a mother after her young son did not return that night.
Local authorities start looking for boys after they were trapped by the heavy rains that cut them off from the main entrance.
They find locked bicycles on a fence and children's shoes and football boots near the entrance
Sunday, June 24
The respon Park sands and police come into action to discover that boys and heavy rains continue to fall in the region near the borders of Laos and Myanmar. [19659004] They find h and fingerprints and imprints supposed to belong to the boys and think that they probably pulled out in the winding tunnels as they were hemmed in by the rising flood waters.
Parents keep a watch outside the cave where they will stay for nine days waiting desperately for news. 19659004] Monday, June 25
SEAL sailors from the Thai Navy are in the cave in search of boys, armed with oxygen tanks and carrying food.
Heavy rains continue, raising fears that floodwaters in the cave may increase.
The boys would have retreated further into the cave towards a high air pocket called "Pattaya Beach"
Tuesday, June 26
Divers reach a T-junction several kilometers inside the cave, but are repulsed by the tumultuous waters that obstruct a narrow crevasse near the beach of Pattaya.
Thailand's junta leader, Prayut Chan-O-Cha, calls on the nation to support the rescue.
Wednesday, June 27
One More Team More than 30 US military personnel from the US Pacific Command, including pararescue and survival experts, arrive on site Wednesday night.
They are joined by three British experts who go to the entrance of the cave. 19659004] Continual rains raise flood levels, and officials say the conditions are "difficult".
Thursday, June 28
Underwater rescue is temporarily halted because of rapid flooding
Water pumps are being shipped to drain rising floods that are so obscure we compare them to swimming through the cold coffee.
American experts get to work around the base, while the three Britis Divers and others scour the mountain to find other entrances to the cave.
Drones are sent to help find new chimneys.
Friday, June 29
A glimmer of hope a possible opening, but there is no guarantee that it will connect to the main network of the cave.
Prayut Chan-O-Cha visits the site and leads a meditation, jokes and cooks with parents, asking them not to lose hope.
Saturday, June 30
A break in the bad weather allows the divers to penetrate farther into the cave, but they are still several kilometers from where it is. it is believed that boys are found
. continue to look for other openings above the ground and rescuers perform practical exercises to evacuate the boys safely if and when they are found. the brief pause in the bad weather.
Rescuers set up an ope The log base inside the cavern and hundreds of oxygen tanks and other supplies are drilled. Divers can now stay underground longer
By the time the sun rises, Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osottanakorne says the conditions are improving. ] Monday, July 2
A miracle, finally: the 12 boys and their trainer are found alive and safe about 400 meters from the beach of Pattaya – which had become endangered by the flood waters. [19659004Carefeedsfollowedbynewneedsandenhancedforfilling
But attention is now turning to the difficult task of getting boys out of safety
. and first aid after nine days with little to eat under harsh conditions.
It could take days – or weeks – to get them out. Rescuers are exploring several options, including training them to use diving equipment.
Tags: boys, flood, heavy rain, rescue operations, Thai Navy, Thailand, trap
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