All 12 boys and their soccer
coach trapped for more than two weeks deep inside a flood Thai cave have been
rescued, a Thai navy SEAL unit said on Tuesday.
The rescue is a successful end to
a perilous mission that has gripped the world.
“The 12 Wild Boars and coach have
emerged from the cave and they are safe,” the Thai navy SEAL unit said on its
official Facebook page.
The “Wild Boars” soccer team and
their coach got trapped on June 23 while exploring the cave complex in the
northern province of Chiang Rai after soccer practice and a rainy season
downpour flooded the tunnels.
British divers found the 13,
hungry and huddled in darkness on a muddy bank in a partly flooded chamber
several kilometers inside the complex, on July 2.
After pondering for days how to
get the 13 out, a rescue operation was launched on Sunday when four of the boys
were brought out, tethered to rescue divers.
Another four were rescued on
Monday and the last four boys and the coach were brought out on Tuesday.
Celebrations will be tinged with
sadness over the loss of a former Thai navy diver who died last Friday while on
a re-supply mission inside the cave in support of the rescue.
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