[Newsbot]

Title: Missing Thai boys and football team coach are found alive in a cave
Category: World
Posted By: N_Fiddledog
Date: 2018-07-03 01:57:18

[GreenTiger]

It is good to hear some good news.

[PluggyRug]

GreenTiger GreenTiger:

It is good to hear some good news.

Sure is. Going to be a bit of struggle getting them out.

[llama66]

What a boondoggle.

[DrCaleb]

Perhaps people will pay attention to the signs out front that say "Do not enter caves during rainy season."

[llama66]

The good news the rain will stop soon. October is soon, right?

[llama66]

rare double post

[DrCaleb]

'Soon' for a mountain, yes. For a head of lettuce, it is a long time.

[N_Fiddledog]

Navy SEALs Rushing to Teach Trapped Thailand Soccer Team How to Swim, Scuba Dive

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The world celebrated a miracle this week when rescue workers found the members of a Thai youth soccer team that had been trapped in a flooded cave for 11 days. The euphoria was short lived, however, once they realized the team still had a major obstacle to overcome. The boys either have to scuba dive to safety, or wait months for the water level to recede. The monsoon season is expected to last three or four months. The scuba diving seems like the more pressing option, but none of the boys know how to swim. What's worse, the narrow and jagged passages en route to safety could be life-threatening, according to experts, and this week's ominous weather forecast does not help...

More at link

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyob ... m-n2497303

[Strutz]

Today's update

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Four of 12 Thai schoolboys who became stranded with their soccer coach more 16 days ago in a flooded cave were removed from the underground complex in northern Thailand on Sunday and rushed to hospital, officials said.

The operation to rescue the boys, ages 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach by having them dive out of the Tham Luang Nang Non cave began earlier in the day, with expert divers embarking on the complicated and dangerous mission.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/thai-cave- ... -1.4738333

[Thanos]

Just sayin'...

[Sunnyways]

Wonderful news, incredible really.

[Fighter]

Great gestures by world community.

Hope others also get rescued as quickly as possible

[Thanos]

Apparently they got another four of mischievous wee 'uns out safely earlier today. Great work by all the good folks helping to get this done.

[llama66]

Amazing rescue job, thus far. I hope all the kids get rescued.