Apologies if there's a thread already on this but I think it's a fascinating story.
God help these boys and hopefully everything will run smoothly over the next few days. It is some operation in place.
Quote from: An Watcher on July 09, 2018, 04:18:29 AM
Apologies if there's a thread already on this but I think it's a fascinating story.
God help these boys and hopefully everything will run smoothly over the next few days. It is some operation in place.
The international support is very impressive. Things like this bring out the best in people.
Mad story altogether, I am totally gripped by it. Latest reports that the next group will be anytime within the next 2-2.5 hours
5 boy rescued according to RTE News
Great.
You have to commend those divers going in. Putting their lives at risk to save these children. Real heroes.
6 in the past few minutes, bit mad after all the talk of 4 months and diving lessons
At its narrowest point they're crawling under water through a 40 cm space.
https://youtu.be/40GqMpi187w
This guy is covering the rescues but it just appears to be a feed of him watching other feeds and reading the internet. Isn't the world a great place..
Quote from: An Watcher on July 09, 2018, 12:50:19 PM
At its narrowest point they're crawling under water through a 40 cm space.
You'd wonder why a soccer coach took kids in there given it would have been a struggle to even get to where they got without water!!!! ::)
Quote from: Boycey on July 09, 2018, 12:53:02 PM
https://youtu.be/40GqMpi187w
This guy is covering the rescues but it just appears to be a feed of him watching other feeds and reading the internet. Isn't the world a great place..
That's f**king nuts
8th rescued
Done for the day
11 out.
One boy and the coach on the way
Quote from: hardstation on July 09, 2018, 01:06:19 PM
Quote from: WT4E on July 09, 2018, 01:00:18 PM
Quote from: An Watcher on July 09, 2018, 12:50:19 PM
At its narrowest point they're crawling under water through a 40 cm space.
You'd wonder why a soccer coach took kids in there given it would have been a struggle to even get to where they got without water!!!! ::)
True. Of course he didn't foresee the storm but it was dodgy as fcuk regardless.
Reports now saying the kids went in on their own and he went in after them
Some story now everyone is safe, will be a movie made no doubt
They have been invited to the World Cup final according to the Guardian.
Quote from: stephenite on July 10, 2018, 12:16:56 PM
Quote from: hardstation on July 09, 2018, 01:06:19 PM
Quote from: WT4E on July 09, 2018, 01:00:18 PM
Quote from: An Watcher on July 09, 2018, 12:50:19 PM
At its narrowest point they're crawling under water through a 40 cm space.
You'd wonder why a soccer coach took kids in there given it would have been a struggle to even get to where they got without water!!!! ::)
True. Of course he didn't foresee the storm but it was dodgy as fcuk regardless.
Reports now saying the kids went in on their own and he went in after them
There's no doubt he saved their lives by keeping them together, conserving energy and waiting to be rescued.
I wonder will he be charged with something though. It would seem harsh, but a diver died trying to rescue them. If he brought them down there, he may be in bother.
Quote from: AZOffaly on July 10, 2018, 12:39:55 PM
I wonder will he be charged with something though. It would seem harsh, but a diver died trying to rescue them. If he brought them down there, he may be in bother.
Yeah it definitely is bittersweet when an otherwise fot and healthy man has died in the rescue mission.
Still it would appear there was issue with his equipment for the journey. As experienced divers they would no doubt have factored in that he needed oxygen for the return leg and his outward leg would have used much more than the return leg due to exertion of shifting oxygen tanks. It seems like an unnecessary death considering the number of people involved in the operation.
Quote from: AZOffaly on July 10, 2018, 12:39:55 PM
I wonder will he be charged with something though. It would seem harsh, but a diver died trying to rescue them. If he brought them down there, he may be in bother.
If the caves weren't suitable for exploring then they should have been closed to the public. But then this is Thailand so he might get 1000 lashes. In Europe some Council head would have been sacked. Different countries see the responsibility differently I suppose.
Great news.
Quote from: seafoid on July 10, 2018, 12:24:19 PM
They have been invited to the World Cup final according to the Guardian.
They did a stupid act which has cost a lot of money and time to correct. Not to mention the cost of one persons life and they reward this stupidity? The Rescue team as the ones who deserve this reward!
Quote from: From the Bunker on July 10, 2018, 02:09:12 PM
Quote from: seafoid on July 10, 2018, 12:24:19 PM
They have been invited to the World Cup final according to the Guardian.
They did a stupid act which has cost a lot of money and time to correct. Not to mention the cost of one persons life and they reward this stupidity? The Rescue team as the ones who deserve this reward!
Good, you seem to know all the facts. Care to share them?
I hope if you have children none of them ever make a mistake.
Guardian :
But for many in Thailand, Ekapol, who left his life in the monkhood three years ago and joined the Wild Boars as an assistant coach soon after, is an almost divine force, sent to protect the boys as they go through this ordeal. A widely shared cartoon drawing of Ekapol shows him sitting cross-legged, as a monk does in meditation, with 12 little wild boars in his arms.
According to rescue officials, he is among the weakest in the group, in part because he gave the boys his share of the limited food and water they had with them in the early days. He also taught the boys how to meditate and how to conserve as much energy as possible until they were found.
"If he didn't go with them, what would have happened to my child?" said the mother of Pornchai Khamluang, one of the boys in the cave, in an interview with a Thai television network. "When he comes out, we have to heal his heart. My dear Ek, I would never blame you."
Ekapol was an orphan who lost his parents at age 10, friends say. He then trained to be a monk but left the monastery to care for his ailing grandmother in Mae Sai in northern Thailand. There, he split his time between a working as a temple hand at a monastery and training the then newly established Moo Pa team. He found kindred spirits in the boys, many of whom had grown up poor or were stateless ethnic minorities, common in this border area between Myanmar and Thailand.
He helped Nopparat, the head coach, devise a system where the boys' passion for soccer would motivate them to excel academically. If they got certain grades in school, they would be rewarded with soccer gear, such as fresh studs for their boots or a new pair of shorts. The two spent time looking for sponsors and used the Moo Pa team to prove to the boys that they could become something more than their small town would suggest - even professional athletes