I noticed that at the very end, one of the divers did not use the word "miracle", (associated only with Christianity?) or "higher power", but he used a respectful word for all religions that I thought might be acceptable. I did notice that. I wish I could go to the very end and see what that word was I was going to write it down and then I did not.
What that told me was that they were in the know as far as words to use in their interviews for the Thai/buddist culture not to be offended as they strongly believe that the mountain and the woman associated with the spirit of the mountain helped the children from what I have read.
And we will agree to disagree, and I do strongly disagree, that this was overstated as to the difficulty and dangers. I don't think it was. At all! I'm wondering if anybody has ever brought out a sedated person like this before, and with everything they had, there was no precedent With it all together.
As to disagreeing if it was a miracle, that word for some people is a very religious term that has strict guidelines. For many lay people, ( Christian's, atheist, agnostic, and general people at Large) it is a generally used exclamaory term for things that are extraordinary Beyond imagination. And since so many folks did not believe they would come out 100% alive, yes, I too would say it is a miracle, especially after reading all the stories of how everyone came together so quickly from all walks of life and skill sets. And countries.
I thought it was so interesting to learn after the fact, that each team was isolated as a country for their responsibility. ( for instance the United States was in charge of logistics iirc) I'm sure this helped very much due to communication issues they must have had. This was a way to ensure One team did one job and did it well.
