Thailand - FOUND ALIVE - 12 Boys And Coach Rescued from Cave, 23 June 2018 #6

[kkdj]

Thai cave rescue: Navy Seals say mission came 'close to disaster'

What a story!

 

[kkdj]

A thought here. I’m thinking we might be misinterpreting “tourist attraction”, thinki if it like Disney World. I’m think they might be meaning “historical marker”, to commemorate a place where a diver lost his life and the world came together to save these kids. It would be an educational place in the future. Similar to a showing a war bunker, old concentration camp, museum you get my drift.

When I was a kid my family used to visit caves in different areas and the ones we planned to see came with guides. It was all scheduled and stories told and lit. It was really pretty cool. That cave they were in is beautiful from what I've seen and I think people would visit it if it had a guide. The story that goes with that cave will go down in history as one of the greatest and dangerous rescues of all time.

 

[kkdj]

JMO, I think there is a good chance it will become a Buddhist Shrine like these:
Buddhist Cave Temples Are Jaw-Droppingly Gorgeous (PHOTOS) | HuffPost

Beautiful!

 

[Gardenista]

Inside dark labyrinth of Thai cave: Navy SEAL recounts experience

 

[janewall]

Before I forget - someone asked in the previous thread how my congee experiment worked. I used chicken broth, ginger, and sticky rice and it turned out okay, although I put in too much ginger for my taste. Topped it with minced chicken, chives, a few nibs of fresh corn, and toasted sesame seeds, which all gave it a nice textural punch against the smooth chicken-rice porridgey consistency.

Without the toppings it reminded me of nothing so much as my dad's chicken rice soup - I guess he simmered that rice for hours! So I can totally see why it's basic Asian comfort food, and good for sick or recovering people. (Dad only made soup when everyone else in the house was sick!)

 

[*Verdigris]

Love seeing these videos of them!
...I keep calling them My Little Oinkers, but I think a few of them are bigger than I am!
~ อู๊ด ❤︎

 

[rosesfromangels]

Now that everyone is rescued and safe, minus our fallen Thai Seal, it is time for me to depart the thread to journey to another. Until our paths cross on the next thread, I just wanted to stop and say this was the nicest, most caring thread I have been on. All of you are what makes WS an incredible place to congregate, research, share, encourage, pray, and of course...sleuth!

God Bless to all, and so happy for this miracle ending.

 

[Hatfield]

When I was a kid my family used to visit caves in different areas and the ones we planned to see came with guides. It was all scheduled and stories told and lit. It was really pretty cool. That cave they were in is beautiful from what I've seen and I think people would visit it if it had a guide. The story that goes with that cave will go down in history as one of the greatest and dangerous rescues of all time.

I totally agree with what you said

"The story that goes with that cave will go down in history as one of the greatest and dangerous rescues of all time."

There have been other dramatic cave incidents but this one had 12 children and a young coach. That alone will make this story one of the best stories. And combine that with all the sub-stories it will become infamous. Substories like flooding, length of cave, running out of food, multi-nation effort to save them, chance of more rain coming, all soccer team members, oxygen getting low, etc. The list of substories is just incredible.

 

[KaaBoom]

If you are ever in a panic moment and not a good swimmer. Lay on your back and point your tummy to the sky. You don't expend any energy as one would treading water. K-end of my water tutorial.

Dead man's float, face down is better. It uses the least amount of energy, and you can move through the water to get to safety. So basically if no one else is around, you can save yourself with it. It does take practice though.

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[Seattle1]

5 minute video here. Haven't watched yet
Thailand cave rescue: First pictures of boys recovering in hospital

Great video -- learned that at one point, Thai Navy Seals had lost contact for full 23 hours after expecting to see dive team in 10 hours. This is when they learned that retired Seal Saman Gunan had died. Heroes, all of them...

 

[Seattle1]

Bangkok - Thurs, 9:40AM
BST: Tomorrow +6 hours
PST: Tomorrow +14 hours

 

[*Verdigris]

There is a video of the coach without sunglasses here:

16m16 minutes ago
And here’s another one of the boys in hospital, and the coach thanking a nurse. Just so good to see them alive and well after all they’ve been through. #ThailandCaveRescue #Thailand

... starting @ 0.18
check out the body language of that nurse getting all flirty with the coach! lol... yep, he was a monk, but she knows he's not one anymore...

Can I just tell you all how happy I am to see this video, finally!
Coach is back!

 

[*Verdigris]

"You are Our Heroes"

Not the greatest artistically, but very nice sentiment. ❤︎
I can read five of those thank you's!

 

[margarita25]

rsbm Well, thave not been able to find out what happened, to Dr. Harris' father, but have seen "complete and unexpected shock" and, "was not sick when he left" on the mission.
And they all indicate it was after the successful mission.
Well, I kept holding Saman Kunan's widow in my thoughts all day yesterday, now I will be thinking of "Harry", today, too.
I wish he were able to simply revel, relieved in the joy of his own incredible, unprecedented task. I'm still wishing his father knew what a true hero his son had become that day.

I wonder where the was going to on holiday?
Half of me expects it was to go cave diving else where?
Thai cave rescue hero emerges to family tragedy - Khmer Times/QUOTE]
From above link, image:

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Image: "The successful rescue operation of Thailand’s young footballers and their coach also highlighted dozens of ‘modern heroes’ – the people who risked their lives to save the trapped children. AFP"

 

[dyannaON]

... starting @ 0.18
check out the body language of that nurse getting all flirty with the coach! lol... yep, he was a monk, but she knows he's not one anymore...

Can I just tell you all how happy I am to see this video, finally!
Coach is back!

Totally made me giggle.
She was. Hahahahaha.

 

[dyannaON]

Our amazing Dr and his partner and the medical staff at hospital.

Liam Cochrane on Twitter

 

[margarita25]

rsbm

Locals believe the sleeping lady was a princess who fell pregnant to a local stablehand. The devastated princess killed herself after her father ordered his soldiers to kill the boy, and the legend now goes that the water flowing through the cave is her blood.

Wow...

 

[*Verdigris]

Hi all, does anyone know if the boys could hear any of all the drilling and pumping, etc. being done by the crew, before John and Rick so wonderously popped up to find them? I hope they could hear things, and knew people were trying...
I only recall reading that they heard roosters crowing, dogs barking, and kids playing...
I need to ration my 4G data, and limit searching in articles or videos; so if anyone knows, please?
TY!

 

[Seattle1]

For the technical minded, here's a good look (video) at the "serpent" water pumps (18 meters long) employed in the rescue effort by a volunteer that drove for 12 hours with 3 of his pumps from western metro Bangkok.

‘Our Hearts Drew Us,’ Says Pump Team That Kept Cave Dry

 

[Seattle1]

Hi all, does anyone know if the boys could hear any of all the drilling and pumping, etc. being done by the crew, before John and Rick so wonderously popped up to find them? I hope they could hear things, and knew people were trying...
I only recall reading that they heard roosters crowing, dogs barking, and kids playing...
I need to ration my 4G data, and limit searching in articles or videos; so if anyone knows, please?
TY!

In one of the videos, it was reported that the boys could hear the yelling and panic when the water was rising but I believe this was after the British divers "popped up" and found them. I don't believe there were reports of noises heard pre-rescue beyond the roosters, dogs, and sound of kids playing.