On the 27th of June, a few schoolboys and their coach went cave diving. They were from a Thai soccer team called the Wild Boars. They had planned to in for an hour. They went 9 kilometers deep inside the cave.
Suddenly, after they had gone inside, it started to rain so heavily that it started to flood. Because of this, even the cave got flooded. Later, the boys found a dry mud place and sat there. They did not know what to do. They stayed there for 6 days.
On the 2nd of July, two British divers found them on the pit inside the cave. The real question was how to take them out. Another diver died on the 6th when he was carrying the others' air tanks.
Before the removal of the boys, about 243 million liters of water was removed from the cave. On the 8th of July four of the boys were rescued. There were two divers per kid. The diver in front of the kid held his air tank. They sometimes walked and sometimes on a stretcher.
The same thing happened over three days for the kids and the coach. It was a successful operation. They were immediately taken to a hospital. People say the coach, Ekkapol Chantawong took care of them very well.
Later, everyone was fine. Some of the boys even drew a picture of the dead diver who tried to save their lives. The Thai Prime Minister gave the diver a " Thai Elite" card worth 500,000 baht ( USD 15000) for thanks.
It was a very scary situation that happened in Chiang Rai, not far from Chiang Mai where we went.
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Suddenly, after they had gone inside, it started to rain so heavily that it started to flood. Because of this, even the cave got flooded. Later, the boys found a dry mud place and sat there. They did not know what to do. They stayed there for 6 days.
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| Inside the cave |
On the 2nd of July, two British divers found them on the pit inside the cave. The real question was how to take them out. Another diver died on the 6th when he was carrying the others' air tanks.
Before the removal of the boys, about 243 million liters of water was removed from the cave. On the 8th of July four of the boys were rescued. There were two divers per kid. The diver in front of the kid held his air tank. They sometimes walked and sometimes on a stretcher.
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The same thing happened over three days for the kids and the coach. It was a successful operation. They were immediately taken to a hospital. People say the coach, Ekkapol Chantawong took care of them very well.
Later, everyone was fine. Some of the boys even drew a picture of the dead diver who tried to save their lives. The Thai Prime Minister gave the diver a " Thai Elite" card worth 500,000 baht ( USD 15000) for thanks.
It was a very scary situation that happened in Chiang Rai, not far from Chiang Mai where we went.
For the Chiang Mai blog, please click here - (link)
Please click 'Follow' to my blog which is at the left side of the home page. Thank You!
Mihir, nice write up. It was an amazing rescue operation that got the world's attention. Interesting that this place was not too far from Chiang Mai - where you visited recently.
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