The operation required placing oxygen canisters along the path where the divers maneuvered through dark, tight and twisting passageways filled with muddy water and strong currents.ĭom’s mother, who joined the online news conference, said she hoped a Buddhist monk in England could conduct rites for Dom so his spirit would not be trapped where he died according to Buddhist beliefs. A team of expert divers guided each of the boys out of the cave on special stretchers after anesthetizing them to keep them calm enough to transport. It was another eight days before all were safely rescued. The boys spent nine nights lost in the cave, living on very little food and water, before a diver spotted. The moment was captured on video and soon broadcast to the world. A massive search and rescue operation was launched that involved international divers. Police in Thailand said on Tuesday they will look. The boys spent nine nights lost in the cave, living on very little food and water, before a diver spotted them deep in the twisting cave complex huddled on a patch of dirt above the rising water line. The boys went missing along with their 25-year-old coach after training on June 23, when they set out to explore the caves in the forest park. A massive search and rescue operation was launched that involved international divers. Twelve members of the team aged 11 to 16 and their coach were exploring the Tham Luang cave complex in June 2018 when they were trapped by rapidly rising floodwaters. The boys, then aged between 11 and 16, and their 25-year-old coach spent nine days in darkness without food before they were found by an international search and rescue effort involving around 10,000 people. The head of the Zico Foundation, former Thai national team captain and coach Kiatisuk Senamuang, said in an online news conference that he did not know the cause of death and that Dom had apparently been in good health.ĭom was the captain of the Wild Boars, a youth soccer team in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai. In 2018 Dom and his team became trapped in the caves after a sudden storm caused flooding which blocked the exit. James Douglass West, Child Actor Turned 'Lassie' Writer, Dies at 93
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |