Rescue of the cave in Thailand: How can rescuers rescue boys?

After nine days of darkness, the 12 Thai boys trapped and their coach were found.

Two British divers found all 13 safe on a ledge in Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai Province.

But the question now is to take them all out of the cave, with the rising waters and mud that hinders access and the health of the trapped group, a major concern.

So, what are the options for releasing youth and their coach?

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"The ability to get them out by diving is the fastest but it is also the most dangerous," BBC Anmar Mirza, National Coordinator of US Cave Rescue, told BBC Commission

. British divers and American soldiers all tried to find the boy.

In total, more than 1,000 people participated in the operation, including teams from China, Myanmar, Laos, and Australia

These skilled professional divers still needed several hours to reach the trapped group from the entrance, through tiny passes strewn with debris and helped by 24-hour water pumping efforts to try to clear the waters. Edd Sorenson, Florida's regional coordinator for the International Organization of Rescue and Rescue Underwater Caves, told the BBC that the diving option was "extremely dangerous and dangerous", saying that it was "dangerous". he would consider it "."

"To have someone in zero visibility who is not familiar with … this kind of extreme conditions, it is very easy and very likely that They would panic, and kill themselves and / or the rescuers.

Drilling

Authorities tried to drill holes in the cave walls to help drain some of the rocks. Flood waters – though thick rock hampered efforts

to help boys and boys

But even to begin the process, new roads should be built over the caves to accommodate children. 39 heavy drilling equipment needed to break the rock.

On top of that, Mr. Mirza explains that you should have gone around the caves and know them before you could start drilling – otherwise there would be little chance of digging a hole in the right place for the boys and their coach.

"It sounds easy but it's really very difficult," he says. At a press conference, Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osottanakorn said they would continue to evacuate the cave water while sending doctors and nurses to check the water. health status of the cave. "If the doctors say that their physical condition is strong enough to be moved, they will take them out of the cave," he said.

But Mr. Mirza says their health is a serious concern. "After nine days without food, you have to watch how much you eat," he says.

People without food may suffer health problems if they are not properly reintroduced into foods – sometimes as severe as heart failure or comas.

million. Mirza says that if the group is on a height, protected from flooding, and that it can be replenished there, this could be a good option at the moment. Their poor health "greatly compromises the rescue effort," he says.

million. Sorenson agrees. "I think it would be better to bring food, water, filtration systems, oxygen if the airspace needs it and that it's needs, "he says

" They have light and hope. as long as they can stock up there to make them comfortable, heated and fed and hydrated. "

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