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The plight of the thirteen people trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand is about to end. The evacuation operation has just been launched this Sunday. But it promises to be dangerous because the children will be evacuated one by one, accompanied by two divers. A mission that may still last two to three days, according to the authorities. Back on 15 days of anxiety
It is a mother who gives the alert on Saturday, June 23, not seeing his son come back after football training. The bikes and shoes of the team are found a few hours later just at the entrance of the cave. Searches begin, but they are quickly interrupted because of the night. That same night the water level in the cave rises sharply due to heavy rains. Divers are mobilized
Lack of visibility and rising waters
Two days later, the rescuers reach a first large chamber inside the cave. The next day, the head of the junta demands the "mobilization of all" to find them alive and the rescue team rises to several hundred people, including dozens of divers. The water reaches in places five meters high, despite the installation of pumps.
Four-five days later, the water continues to rise. A third area of this complex underground network is now flooded. British divers and several dozen American soldiers, among other international specialists, come to lend a hand.
On the sixth day, Friday, after a suspension of the diving operations because of a too high level of water despite the pumps installed, the aquatic research resumes. Rescuers explore a new access road, a chimney above the cave and rescuers launch survival kits, with food and cell phones.
But divers struggle with muddy, blind water, severely limiting their progress through the flooded main entrance. It is only on Sunday, a week after the beginning of their confinement, when the rain finally ceases, that the reliefs succeed in establishing an advanced operational base in the cavity, three kilometers from the entrance.
supplying children
The next evening, nine days later, they find the children safe and sound. "Thank you, thank you" were their first words when rescuers arrived. Food and medicine are sent to them on Tuesday. Doctors join children and assess their ability to dive, as early as Tuesday or in several days if necessary. Pumping continues to bring the water down to the maximum and make evacuation less difficult.
On the eleventh day, the Thai Navy publishes a second video showing children who say they are "in good health". Rescuers still hope to be able, with the help of pumps, to bring the water level down in time enough for the children to have little or no diving to do.
The hour of doubt
On the thirteenth day, last Friday, a former member of the Thai naval commandos dies for lack of sufficient oxygen reserve, after supplying the children, sowing doubt as to an emergency diving.
The next day, the young coach sends a letter of apology to the parents of the stuck children. Children send messages to their loved ones. In addition to messages of hope, children evoke the harsh conditions in the cave sleeping in survival blankets and eating survival rations carried by divers. On the eve of the evacuation operation, a diving exit is still excluded by the authorities, despite a drop in oxygen level.
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