⚽Young Thai Football Team Found w/ Translations

A Thai NavySEAL Facebook video shows the long awaited moment British rescue workers found the 12 Thai boys and their football coach that have been trapped in the Tham Luang cave in Northern Thailand.

The boys, ages between 11 and 16, went missing along with their 25-year-old coach after soccer practice on Saturday June 23 after which they went to explore the Tham Luang cave complex near Chiang Rai.

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An intensive international rescue effort has been under way ever since the discovery that they were missing, with rescue teams battling heavy rainfall and foul weather conditions which created thick mud and high water making it even more difficult to try to reach the group.

In the Thai NavySEAL Facebook clip, a UK cave diver can be heard asking “how many of you?” to which one of the boys replies “13”. “Brilliant!”, replies the diver.

The Thai boys then ask what day is it before being reassured by the rescue diver that “many, many people are coming”.

The UK cave diver can be heard saying, “You have been here 10 days, you are very strong”. Later in the clip the boys can heard thanking the rescuers and asking where they had come from.

Rescuers for days have been working to clear a obstructed passageways for divers deep inside the flooded cave complex in a co-ordinated search operation that has been severly hampered by heavy rains.

Divers from Thailand’s elite Navy SEAL unit had been focusing on an elevated mound inside the cave which cavers have named “Pattaya Beach”, which could have provided the boys with a refuge when rains flooded the cave. But the SEALs reported that … “they reached Pattaya Beach which was flooded”. An experienced cave diving team from the UK traversed another 400 metres further where they found the 13 … who were safe.

The next challenge will be getting the group out of the cave, which some have dubbed a “labyrinth”. Rescuers have discussed waiting until water levels subsided to get the boys out. Other options included teaching the group to use diving gear to navigate the flooded cave.

Medical teams were seen preparing first aid kits after news of the group’s discovery broke outside the cave’s entrance.

Relatives of the boys took shelter from heavy rain on Monday and were seen cheering, smiling and receiving calls after receiving the news. Rescuers shook hands and congratulated each other as occasional cheers broke out.

Remember, there’s always an option!

News footage courtesy of CBS News / Thai News Agency
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