Thailand cave rescue!

            Story of Wild Boars!

All the twelve boys and their football coach who were trapped in the Tham Lunac Non cave, Northern Thailand have been safely rescued.

It was a pleasant evening with the forecast of rains as the monsoon season started. A group of 12 boys and their coach who call themselves as “Wild Boars” (soccer team) finished a practice session and was strolling for recreation. They then saw the Tham Lunac Non cave and made up their mind to explore it. They left their bags at the entrance of cave and carried nothing but only a torch into what they thought was an expedition. Little did they know that the place was going to be their abode for the next 2 weeks.

The forecast was right but to their surprise, there was incessant rainfall and heavy downpour inundated large parts of the cave. There was nothing the Wild Boars could do and were left stranded.. The boys are of 11-16 years of age and the coach is a 25yr old former budhist monk. As the boys did not return to their houses, the frenzied parents and the officers started searching for them, but to no avail. After several days, they found many foot stamps imprinted on the mud near the cave, thus giving a little hope to the parents. Navy SEALs were informed about the situation. Suddenly  it became a hot issue across the country.

A pair of Britain cave divers who have expertise in this field took up this task of finding the strayed boys. The cave being enormously big with very perilous paths and with some passages as narrow as 1 metre, it took several hours of pain-staking search in the water. They finally found the boys sitting silenty around their coach. Photos and a video of the interaction between the divers and the boys were released which took social media by storm.  To their surprise the boys were surprisingly calm, relaxed and though weak, had good spirits in them. They asked the divers if they could get any food as they were deprived of food and water from 10 days. 

The Navy SEALs headed by Mr.Narongsak started devising plans and ways to get them out. But their first task was  to supply them with oxygen, food and water. As the video gained more traction, the Thai government and the Prime Minister took this matter seriously, as there are elections in a year and  this could act as a boost in getting votes. As many as 100 chimneys were digged into the mountains in order to facilitate more oxygen to the Wild Boars. A doctor and 10 divers with all the food and water required for the Boars made their way, the next day. Since the boys were not strong enough, any thoughts of rescuing them immediately were suspended. 

With the impending threat of more rainfalls which could exacerbate the situation further, the officials made a call and decided to start the rescue process on Day 12. Four boys were rescued on the first day, followed by an another attempt to rescue 4 more people next day. Finally on Day 14, July 10th all the remaining boys and coach were rescued succesfully and there was elation everywhere.

No one could have imagined this rescue operation to happen so smoothly and one should laud the divers, authorities and officers who made this a success. Having suffered a great ordeal over a fortnight, it’s gonna be tough for the boys to live their lives normally for some time. Thus immediate medical attention should be paid on these boys and there should be periodic surveillance on their mental strength. Any media attention should be curbed.