Thailand - FOUND ALIVE - Officials Believe 12 Boys And Coach Trapped In Cave , 23 June 2018

[Amonet]

I don't see how they can get them all out before the rains come back? :-/

On the up side, though, the boys and coach now know for certain that they are not alone and they are in the process of being rescued. Their health will improve now they've got food and water (starting with the energy gel). They've got fresh, interesting, new, calm-headed company to spend time with them. They've got contact with their families and the outside world. And if they have to learn scuba it will give them something positive to focus on.

 

[Jennifer17]

I don't see how they can get them all out before the rains come back? :-/

On the up side, though, the boys and coach now know for certain that they are not alone and they are in the process of being rescued. Their health will improve now they've got food and water (starting with the energy gel). They've got fresh, interesting, new, calm-headed company to spend time with them. They've got contact with their families and the outside world. And if they have to learn scuba it will give them something positive to focus on.

And they may learn to swim, too. Something that all kids should be taught.
I have often wondered why humans need to be taught to swim, when most other animals do it instinctively.

 

[creepcrusher]

Officials: Will not take months to rescue Thai teens trapped in cave
Officials dismissing that it may take months to get the boys out.

 

[Jennifer17]

Officials: Will not take months to rescue Thai teens trapped in cave
Officials dismissing that it may take months to get the boys out.

Having lived in Thailand, Thai people never want to hear anything negative, which is not a bad trait, but sometimes not useful when there is a serious situation.

 

[Elainera]

I hope that is 12 hours for all -- not 12 hours each.
I don't think it's gonna be all that easy, but it would be great if so!
Please just get them out before the next rain!

"If they dive, they have no choice but to follow the steps that rescuers took though tiny passageways clogged with mud and silt. That journey takes a healthy - and skilled - Navy SEAL diver about six hours."

Description of the cave from the divers:
"Bill Whitehouse, vice chairman of the British Cave Rescue Council, said the UK divers described the journey to the chamber as a “gnarly dive”.
“The description in (the) email was it was ‘a bit of a gnarly dive’, which means there was a bit of complications and problems,” he told BBC Breakfast.
“(There was) quite a strong current, so they were having to swim against the current and pull themselves along the wall. The visibility in the water wouldn’t have been very good.”

Thailand cave rescue: boys may spend months trapped underground, rescuers warn – live

Since it was quoted earlier that they will remove them one by one it would take indeed very long for everyone to dive out.

 

[Elainera]

"Whitehouse was sceptical about the prospects of pumping enough water out of the cave to allow the boys to walk to safety. He said: “They are trying to do that with pumping, but pumping a monsoon away is not that easy.”

Thailand cave rescue: boys may spend months trapped underground, rescuers warn – live

 

[Amonet]

I would think they'd prefer to at least take a few days for the lads to get some calories in them and acclimatized to the going in and immersing themselves in the water, and scuba and oxygen use before they try to move them too far.

 

[Elainera]

Guardian Update: "Rescuers have asked for the donation of 15 small full face masks, according to the Thai News of MCOT. This will fuel speculation that rescuers are preparing to guide the boys through the water in full diving gear."

Thailand cave rescue: boys may spend months trapped underground, rescuers warn – live

 

[creepcrusher]

This story has been a bumpy ride. Who knows how many twists and turns there are to come? I don’t think they know yet how they’re going to get them out. They are still trying to find holes in the mountain close to where the boys are. They may end up drilling if diving ends up being the more dangerous option.

 

[Elainera]

Guardian Update: “Why they want the full face masks is
because of it being safer than the black mouth piece that he holds up. If they can get the masks, they will have the kids try them on to see if they fit. The mouth piece is dangerous, he adds without explaining why. The purpose of the masks is because it is the safest of the breathing apparatus available.”

Thailand cave rescue: boys may spend months trapped underground, rescuers warn – live

 

[Elainera]

Guardian Update: "Thailand’s interior minister, Anupong Paojinda, has suggested the rescue attempt will made over the next day or so, before a fresh downpour of monsoon rain.

The Bangkok Post quoted him saying: “As rain is forecast in the next few days, the evacuation must speed up. Diving gear will be used. If the water rises, the task will be difficult. We must bring the kids out before then.”

He added: “Diving is not easy. Those who have never done it will find it difficult, because there are narrow passages in the cave. They must be able to use diving gear. If the gear is lost at any moment, it can be dangerous to life.”

Thailand cave rescue: boys may spend months trapped underground, rescuers warn – live

 

[Elainera]

Guardian Update: "Even for an experienced diver it is very easy to turn and to knock the mouthpiece out of the mouth – and for a novice who can’t even swim and has no experience in caving or diving it is likely cause panic. This is something that experienced cave divers practiced many times in pools. It is not something to try for the first time in a cave situation.

A full face mask prevents, or minimises, the possibility of a regulator becoming dislodged – and is a far safer option for a novice.

If the second stage hose is long enough the diver behind can carry the child’s tank. A diver in front could go even backwards – maintaining face to face visual contact with the child."

Thailand cave rescue: boys may spend months trapped underground, rescuers warn – live

 

[Elainera]

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[Elainera]

Sky News Breaking‏Verified account @SkyNewsBreak

Police in Thailand say they will look into whether the 25-year-old coach of a youth football team could face legal action for leading them into a cave complex where they were stranded for 10 days

Sky News Breaking on Twitter

 

[Catdaddy314]

Thank god they are ok!!! You can tell the bubble I live in when I knew nothing about this until finding this site. But that comes with a 7 year old child who is constantly playing video games on the TVs.

 

[Elainera]

I'm getting really worried now about the extraction of the boys. I hope they are brave and trust the divers. I hope nobody panics. Pray that no tragedy occurs.

 

[Elainera]

Thank god they are ok!!! You can tell the bubble I live in when I knew nothing about this until finding this site. But that comes with a 7 year old child who is constantly playing video games on the TVs.

Welcome to WS Catdaddy! I know what you mean. I remember 20 years ago when I was flabberghasted to find out that Lady Di had died in a car crash - two weeks after it happened! Lol!

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Thank god they are ok!!! You can tell the bubble I live in when I knew nothing about this until finding this site. But that comes with a 7 year old child who is constantly playing video games on the TVs.

Welcome, Catdaddy. Hopefully this, your first thread, will have a happy ending (doesn’t often happen round here!)

 

[Elainera]

Guardian Update: "Rescuers have told broadcasters that a first meal of pork and rice is being prepared for the boys."

Thailand cave rescue: appeal for small full-face masks – live updates

 

[Elainera]

It's to their advantage that they

- are young, fit and healthy
- have a small frame (easier in the narrow passages)
- know the cave well (might help with the feeling of orientation, they will roughly know where they are)