3. What is It ?
An emergency rescue operation
has been launched to rescue a
Thai football team of 12 teenage
boys and their coach
Trapped inside theTham Luang
cave inThailand for over two
weeks.
After two days of rescue, eight
of the "Wild Boars" had
been rescued from the cave.
They were immediately taken to
hospital where they are said to
be doing well.
5. Why & How they were Trapped
??
On June 23 the Moo Pa (Wild Boars) academy team finished
football practice and took their bikes to explore a cave in the
forests of northernThailand.
However,Thailand's annual monsoon rains fell, and the entrance
to the cave flooded.
Unfortunately, the boys could not swim to safety, so they
retreated further into the cave, travelling around 2-3km before
settling on a ledge surrounded by water.
An alert was raised after the boys did not return home, and local
officials found the group's bikes, boots, and belongings at the
entrance of the cave.
6. How Was the Group Found ?
Shortly after the boys went missing, hundreds of people joined a search
to find the youngsters.
Park officials, police, and soldiers all joined the search on foot, and a
team was mobilised by air to try to find an alternate entrance to the
cave.
On June 24 officials found handprints and footprints .The next dayThai
navy Seals entered the cave.
Heavy rain continued to pour making the search for additional entrances
tough.
Emergency services continued to accumulate as the news of the missing
boys spread internationally. By June 27 more than 30 American military
personnel arrive, along with three British diving experts.
7.
8. Thai Military entered the cave but were unable to get there and
the next day they tried to drain the floodwater.
June 30, a pause in the rains allowedThai officials to set up a
deep base inside the cave, shipping in lighting, oxygen tanks,
and diving gear.
Officials thought the group might have rescued in refuge in a
cavern known as Pattaya Beach, but in fact the group were
400m deeper inside.
In the meantime, large water pumps were installed in a nearby
village to drain water from the area.
After nine days stranded, the boys finally saw the light and
were rescued safely from there.
9.
10. Thai Cave Rescue Operation
(8 July- 10 July)
July 8
5Thai navy Seals and 13 international divers launched a
daring rescue operation to extract the "Wild Boars"
academy team from theTham Luang cave.
Two divers accompanied each boy, guided by a rope.
When faced by a narrow passage the divers had release
the oxygen tank and gently guided the boys.
T-junction called SamYak, is highlighted towards the end
of the cave network as the main "crisis" point for the boys.
After this point the tunnel widens and boys were able to
come and walk through easily.
four boys had been rescued from the cave.
11.
12. July 9
Second day operation took nine hours.
Four more boys were taken out safely from theTham Luang cave
in northernThailand.
immediately taken to Chiang Rai hospital where they joined their
team mates
Shortly, after the second day of the operation finished,Thailand's
prime minister visited the camp, and shook hands with the
rescue divers.
He then flew to Chiang Rai hospital to check on the children.
13. July 10
4 more boys along with their coach was taken out from
the cave.
Bringing an end to a near 3 week.
The doctors and the divers team which went inside the
cave all came out giving a relief sign.
14. INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS
13 international divers launched a daring
operation to rescue theWild Boars.
Different countries offered help.
After rescuing the team, different country
prime ministers congratulated.