Boars were brought out of the darkness of Tham Luang. By the time the last batch of boys and the coach were out, water levels started rising again. But there were the Navy Seal divers and a medic who had looked after the Wild Boars, as well as Richard Harris, a famed Australian cave diving expert and doctor, still in the cave. They emerged shortly and soon the flood waters rushed in.
. It was an astonishing feat - after two agonizing weeks, the Thai Cave boys and their coach were finally out at last, safe and sound. . It’s a story of ordinary people coming together in a remote town with one mission: to save young boys and their coach; and the impossible mission was accomplished.
. The rescuers set to work in figuring out how to extract people – from a winding, flooded km stretch of caves that even experienced divers would struggle with. . Overnight a small makeshift town mushroomed at the rural country park by the cave entrance.
Food stalls were set up and no job was too small to do. People began cleaning the toilets, offered free lifts and a local laundromat cleaned the rescuers’ clothes every night. Spirits were high but the death of a navy seal diver Saman Gunan devastated the community. .
Time was running out. Finally on 6th July, rescuers set up an oxygen supply and the boys communicated with their parents, by writing letters. On Sunday 7th July, the Thai a u t h o r i t i e s announced they were pulling out the boys. It was a super human effort involving Thai and foreign divers.
. Each boy was given a full face air mask to ensure he could breathe and was clipped to a diver. Another diver a c c o m p a n i e d them. An oxygen cylinder was strapped to the front of the child, while a handle was attached to their backs – and they were held face down to 12th Communicative English Book.indb