Thai cave rescue - One of the divers has died

IronWarrior said:
Rescue drivers are gonna enter soon, they are standing by, ready.
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Yeh , was just reading up on the 'Four Day window' article.

Hard to believe they have been in there so long, and so young.

I'm a pretty hard man emotionally, but i wouldn't wish what they are going through on anyone.
 
The person who broke the news of the seal driver dying, is also saying, the first 4 boys will be coming out.

from press conference with rescue chief/chiang rai governor: “today is the peak of our readiness.” - 13 international cave diving experts went in at 10am, plus 5 thai divers - drilling has been ruled out - boys and coach are ready, parents have been informed
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Rescue has begun!
 
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If they pull this off, it will be the greatest rescue in the history of humanity. Fingers crossed!
 
iamtheoneneo said:
If this has a happy ending it will be amazing. Unfortunately the odds are quite stacked against that happening but I totally get that they can't just wait it out.

This video is really good at explaining just how ****** the situation is:
https://youtu.be/CIRC68Cv6eM
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That is ******* horrific. Especially the guy's description at 04:15 to 06:00.

It will be an amazing miracle if they all make it out. Fingers crossed.
 
sneakysnail said:
Was one of the kids birthday apparently and they were going there after football practise or something to hang out and explore the caves. Kids asked the coach to come along and I guess he just went along with the idea.
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Sorry, beat me to it.

Still seems bizarre, Caves with water running through them are stupid dangerous (Like slot canyons)

This has to be one of those "WTF were they thinking" situations.

Hope they all get out safe, it is a horrible situation for all concerned...:(
 
Orionaut said:
Sorry, beat me to it.

Still seems bizarre, Caves with water running through them are stupid dangerous (Like slot canyons)

This has to be one of those "WTF were they thinking" situations.

Hope they all get out safe, it is a horrible situation for all concerned...:(
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There was no flooding when they entered as it was mid June so a few weeks off rainy season, it’s always easy looking at these things in hindsight and picking decisions apart
 
Evangelion said:
If they pull this off, it will be the greatest rescue in the history of humanity. Fingers crossed!
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Whilst I do of course wish the kids, their coach and their brave rescuers the very best of luck I think the above is something of an exaggeration. One only ha s to look at Israel's awesome raid on Entebbe and countless other acts of heroism and ingenuity in the wars and in peacetime to put this in perspective. I also seriously believe these Thai kids are probably far more mentally and physically durable than most equivalent age kids in the UK for example as they haven't had their formative years spent in a fug of `elf `n' safety mollycoddling and PC rubbish.

Good luck!
 
Chris Wilson said:
Whilst I do of course wish the kids, their coach and their brave rescuers the very best of luck I think the above is something of an exaggeration. One only ha s to look at Israel's awesome raid on Entebbe and countless other acts of heroism and ingenuity in the wars and in peacetime to put this in perspective. I also seriously believe these Thai kids are probably far more mentally and physically durable than most equivalent age kids in the UK for example as they haven't had their formative years spent in a fug of `elf `n' safety mollycoddling and PC rubbish.

Good luck!
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I know right, that bloody 'elf 'n' safety, what ever has it done for us!

Occupational Fatalities by Country

Rank 2 : United Kingdom : No. Of Deaths 236 : Fatality rate 0.83612632593

Rank 107 : Thailand : No. Of Deaths 6,953 : Fatality rate 20.76514156
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:mad:
 
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