Thai military diver dies as window for cave rescue narrows

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Thai military diver dies as window for cave rescue narrows

Mae Sai (Thailand) (AFP) - A former Thai navy diver helping to rescue a football team trapped inside a flooded cave died Friday as officials warned the window of opportunity to free the youngsters is "limited". The diver's death raises serious doubts over the safety of attempting to bring the 12 boys and their football coach out through the cramped, waterlogged passageways of the Tham Luang cave. But Thailand's Navy SEAL commander indicated that rescuers may have little choice but to attempt the tricky extraction of the group, in the first ...

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CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Rescue teams in northern Thailand were giving crash courses in swimming and diving on Wednesday as part of complex preparations to extract a young soccer team trapped in a cave, and hoping for a swift end to their harrowing 11-day ordeal. Divers, medics, ...

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Rescuers ponder how to extract boys from flooded Thai cave as more rain due

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Rescuers in Thailand were no closer on Thursday to deciding when and how to extract 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave complex, where they were found this week, pale and weak but otherwise in good health, after nine days lost underground. The ...

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Hero diver heads back to Britain as rescuers race to drain water inside Thai cave

Thai rescue teams will focus on Thursday on draining as much water as possible from the Tham Luang cave to allow 12 young boys and their football coach to walk and swim out of the six-mile-long underground complex rather than take a perilous scuba dive. Waters at the cave in Chiang Rai province, ...

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New Video Shows 12 Boys, Coach In Thailand Cave

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New Video Shows 12 Boys, Coach In Thailand Cave

New video released by Thailand's Navy Seals shows 12 boys and their coach, stuck in a flooded cave. Authorities say the group is relatively healthy and getting food. Officials are deciding how to get them out. (July 4)

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Thailand Cave Rescue: Crews Race to Pump Out Water to Extract Soccer Team Ahead of Expected Rain

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Thailand Cave Rescue: Crews Race to Pump Out Water to Extract Soccer Team Ahead of Expected Rain

Thai rescuers are racing to pump out water before rainfall washes where 12 boys and their soccer coach — trapped since late last month — await extraction, officials said. Parts of a passage in the Thuam Luang Nang Non cave complex leading to the chamber where the group was found Monday were ...

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Navy Seals teach Thai boys how to dive ahead of dangerous cave extraction

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Thai cave rescue: the options

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Family of Thai cave boy long for birthday party reunion

Mae Sai (Thailand) (AFP) - Pheeraphat Sompiengjai's family still have a birthday cake in the fridge waiting for his return home, as the discovery of the missing boy and his football team in a Thai cave brings joy to relatives but despair at the long rescue ahead. Grilled pork and dessert had ...

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Grandfather of Trapped Thai Boy Says He’ll ‘Never Let Them Near a Cave Again’

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Thai diver dies as rescue teams ponder how to bring out trapped boys

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - A former Thai navy diver died working to save 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a flooded cave, highlighting the risks for rescue teams trying to find a safe way to bring the group out after 13 days underground. Dwindling oxygen levels in the cave ...

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