Rescue teams have slogged through mud and pouring rain, battling the elements for over 10 days in an effort to save 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach trapped deep in a flooded Thai cavern.
A multinational operation continued Wednesday to rescue the group after they disappeared in the cavern on June 23 after a post-practice outing went awry, prompting the high-profile search and rescue effort.
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News that the team had been found alive Monday sparked relief, celebrations and an outpouring of praise in a country transfixed by the drama and its blanket media coverage.
While efforts to pump out floodwaters are continuing, some Thai officials have indicated that heavy rains forecast for this weekend could force them to decide the boys should swim and dive out using the same complicated route of narrow passageways through which their rescuers entered.
Divers, medics, and Thai navy SEALS were providing the young men with medicines and food while experts assessed conditions for getting them out safely, a task the government said would not be easy.
“The water is very strong and space is narrow. Extracting the children takes a lot of people,” Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan told reporters.
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Boys soccer team found alive in cave in Thailand
“Now we are teaching the children to swim and dive,” he said, adding that if water levels fell and the flow weakened, they would be taken out quickly.
Photos of the operation show teams slogging through the elements over the last 11 days. Here’s a look.
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–with files from Reuters
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