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On Sunday, the first four children rescued from the cave in Thailand will be released and, starting next week, the remaining eight miners and their trainer will leave the hospital. The 12 children lost an average of two kilos during the 17 days they were trapped in the cave, but in general they are in good condition and show no signs of stress. Some of them slept when rescuers pulled them on a stretcher.

The Thais reacted with relief and euphoric signs after the last group of the Wild Boar football team was rescued on Tuesday in Tham Luang Cave. "After our assessment, they are in good condition and stress-free, the children have been well cared for in the cave, and most of the children have lost an average of two kilos," said Thongchai Lertwilairattanapong, Inspector General. Thai Ministry of Public Health

The parents of the first four children released Sunday have already been able to visit them, but they had to wear protective clothing and be about two meters away as a precaution.

Children and their trainer entered the cave complex in North Chiang Rai Province after a football practice on June 23 and were left trapped when a downpour flooded the tunnels.

The 13 were lost for nine days before being discovered by British divers on July 2nd. His dramatic rescue has dominated titles in Thailand and in much of the world. "Hooyah! Mission accomplished", headlined a Thai newspaper referring to the war cry of the SEAL unit involved in the rescue.

They fell asleep.

Some of the children were sleeping when the rescuers took them on a stretcher into the cave. The authorities yesterday released the first images at the hospital of some of them, where they appear sitting in their beds with masks and greeting the camera.

The authorities initially refused to detail the course of the operation. safety. How could children, who had no diving experience, come out of a cave with flooded tunnels, narrow passages and no visibility? How did they do it if a Thai diver died due to lack of air during evacuation preparations?

A video published by the Thai Navy on Facebook provides some answers. In this are pictures of some of the children on stretchers and dressed in diving gear. Thai and foreign divers use pulleys, ropes and rubber tubes to pull them out of the underground network.

"Some were sleeping, others were moving their fingers (as they were), but they were breathing," says Commander Chaiyananta. Peeranarong, who was the last diver to leave the cave

Several doctors were placed at the exit of the cave to check the condition of the children and take their pulse.

Thailand's chief, Prayut Chan-O-Cha, said on Tuesday that the rescuers had given children a "mild tranquilizer" to prevent them from panicking.

Pumping, key.

Thailand has turned to foreign experts to help its own divers in the operation. Thirteen "world-class" divers participated in the rescue, including Australian Richard "Harry" Harris, anesthetist and diver, without whom the rescue could have been carried out, according to the head of the Crisis Staff. , Narongsak Osottanakorn

The rescuers first postponed the evacuation to give time to pump the water inside the cave, in order to travel as little as possible while diving. But before the threat of new rains, they began the operation.

"If the water was not pumped to this place, you could only go out with an oxygen bottle," says Commander Peeranarong

. The instructor of the twelve children had them dig a tunnel to warm themselves up and taught them meditation techniques so that they spend less oxygen in the cave, said Wednesday at the BBC l & # 39; Admiral of the Thai Navy Arpakorn Yuukongkaw. The rescue operations manager admitted that at first, his team only had a "small hope" of finding them alive. "In the end, this little hope has come true, I must say that they have done it very well, especially the coach," said Yuukongkaw, who noted that 39, they used stones to dig up to five meters and create a tunnel that would allow them to stay warm. The coach was a Buddhist monk, so he knows the meditation techniques and used them to calm the children and get them to use as little air as possible, detailed the Thai admiral. Yuukongkaw also paid tribute to his partner Saman Gunan, who drowned when he returned from a food supply mission to the children. "It was a very risky mission, we were plunging into conditions we had never seen before, he (Gunan) was a sacrificed person, the sacrifice that he made was d & # 39; a great honor, "he said. Diver had been removed from the navy for a few years.

"When this incident happened, he knew that he could help, so he volunteered," said Yuukongkaw, who pointed out that "the Thais and the people of the whole world they respect what he did and consider him a hero. "

On him and the rest of his companions, the admiral argued that they are not" heroes " "but that they did everything they could" in the best way possible ". "The only thing we could not do was give up people," he said.

Football pays tribute to Thai "heroes"

With dedications for victories, promises of delivery T-shirts and invitations to travel and watch games, some of the most important figures of football celebrate the rescue of 12 Thai children and their coach.

French midfielder Paul Pogba called them " hero of the day "and dedicated them to their country's 1-0 win over Belgium which brought" Les Bleus "to the World Cup final for the first time in 12 years." Well done, guys , you are very strong, "said Pogba on Twitter

Meanwhile, Kyle Walker and Jack Butland, members of the English team, offered to send sports equipment to the company. Thai team.The ex-Brazilian footballer Ronaldo had urged children to be fo rts pending the rescue, as well as the Austrian Christian defender Christian Fuchs, who had won the Premier League a few years ago with Leicester City, which belongs to Thai businessmen. AS Roma called the mission "the best new football in the summer (Boreal)" and offered its condolences to the family of the former Thai army Samarn Kunan, who died during the rescue. last week.

They are quarantined in a hospital, so they will not be able to attend the final of the World Cup Sunday in Moscow. But the Wild Boars will still have the opportunity to travel

The foundation of the Spanish club Barcelona invited them to attend an international tournament of the team academy and watch a match at Camp Nou. Also the Spanish League invited them to a match. The kids, the coach and their rescuers will also be able to travel to see the "Theater of Dreams" because the Old Trafford stadium of Manchester United is also known.