https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/thailand-cave-rescue-reports-divers...NEW footage released by the Royal Thai Navy has revealed the state of the cave-tapped Thai soccer team and their coach.
The teenagers appeared to be in good spirits in the video captured yesterday, which showed the 12 boys wrapped in blankets talking to Thai Navy SEAL divers.
“After eating, they have more energy,” the Navy wrote as the caption.
Two doctors have volunteered to stay with the boys as rescuers fret about volatile weather conditions.Heavy rainfall could add to the flooding in the Thamg Luang cave network, according to the New Zealand Herald. It means the boys, who can’t swim, might be stuck there until monsoon seasons ends in October.
But in what is being described as a “huge sacrifice”, two of Thailand’s navy doctors have agreed to stay with the young boys and their coach for as long as it takes to free them.
It is understood rescue teams have been pumping 10,000 litres of water out of the caves every hour, but there are concerns more rain could threaten the air pocket where the team has taken refugeTop Thai Navy officer Commander Rear Adm. Arpakorn Yookongkaew said there was “no need to hurry”, and the soccer team would be brought out when they were physically and mentally ready, the Bangkok Post reported.
“It may be
four months, one month or one week. There’s no need to hurry,” he said.
“The first plan is to reduce the water level and get them out but if we can’t, we will have a backup plan.
“Anyone who is ready first will be brought out. They will be brought out gradually,” he added. Safety is the priority.”
But the weather forecast alarmed others, according to the Bangkok Post, including Thailand’s Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda, who said the mission was a race against time.
“As rain is forecast in the next few days, the evacuation must be sped up. Diving gear will be used. If the water rises, the task will be difficult. We must bring the kids out before then,” Gen Anupong said.
The water and food-starved soccer team have had four days of worth of food supplies delivered to them, according to the Bankgok Post, as well as rejuvenating mineral salts and 70 oxygen tanks.
And after having no contact with the outside world for 10 days, the young boys are now able to contact their parents after phone cables were brought into the area.
when I heard they had found the boys... I thought "yippee" that was it...
but apparently not.....this will be another mighty rescue for the record books....I pray it all ends well..