Tham Luang Cave Rescue

nivek

As Above So Below
Trapped cave soccer team are FREE: All 12 boys and their coach have been saved from flooded Thai tunnels in daring mission

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All 12 youth football players (bottom right) and their coach Ekaphol Chantawong, 25, (inset right) are now reported to have been rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand after a three-day operation. The final four school boys and their coach, who had been trapped in the Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai for 18 days, were carried out on stretchers to waiting ambulances on Tuesday afternoon local time.

Among those extracted today is t he youngest member of the team, 11-year-old Chanin Wiboonrungruang, whose nickname is Titan. The governor of the rescue mission had previously said Tuesday's operation would be more difficult than the previous two days, due to the increased number of people who need to be evacuated. Following the final five will be four Thai Navy SEALs - including a medic - who will be extracted once the team are freed today.

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The shadow

The shadow knows!
amazing rescue. my only remaining question
The coach hero? Or villian?
 

goblin

Noble
amazing rescue. my only remaining question
The coach hero? Or villian?

I think hero. He made an error going into the cave when he did, so far as I can see, but he then kept those boys together and alive under what must have been very trying circumstances.
 

goblin

Noble
More on the coach, from BBC News:

"Assistant coach Ekapol Chantawong, 25, was said to be the weakest of the group when they were found, as he had reportedly refused to eat any of the food and gave it instead to the boys."
 

Rikki

High Priestess
I join my husband in rejoicing on the rescue. I urge all parents to teach their children to swim. It is a healthy activity one that serves them well in life. Besides it allowed me to learn the joys of windsurfing.
As for the coach. He is a hero in this event.
Blessed be
Rikki
 

Toroid

Founding Member
The coach decided what order the boys would be rescued.
Thai cave boys wave from hospital beds as footage of rescue emerges | Daily Mail Online
The 12 youth footballers and coach freed from cave in Chiang Rai, north Thailand
  • Final four and coach rescued after being trapped in flooded cave for 18 days
  • Video shows the children waving from their hospital beds in isolation unit
  • Parents have been able to see children through glass windows, but not hug them
  • Moment they were carried out of cave also seen for first time in new video
  • Leader of U.S. rescue crew revealed the children dived in zero visibility
  • The order the 12 boys were rescued in was decided by their 25-year-old coach
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nivek

As Above So Below
What the hell Musk?...

Elon Musk calls hero diver a 'pedo' and questions if he was even part of Thai cave rescue in extraordinary rant after the caver dismissed the billionaire's plan saying he 'can stick his submarine where it hurts'

Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk has launched a vicious Twitter rant against the heroic British caver who helped rescue 12 trapped Thai schoolboys after he rubbished Musk's own rescue plans.

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humanoidlord

ce3 researcher
What the hell Musk?...

Elon Musk calls hero diver a 'pedo' and questions if he was even part of Thai cave rescue in extraordinary rant after the caver dismissed the billionaire's plan saying he 'can stick his submarine where it hurts'

Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk has launched a vicious Twitter rant against the heroic British caver who helped rescue 12 trapped Thai schoolboys after he rubbished Musk's own rescue plans.

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wat
though i have to say i did suspect something about their trainer, suspicions that only ended after he did a interview
but seriously, the diver?????
this after his mars artificial sun comment, donald trump style twitter mis-use and plain ridiculous and extremely optimistic mars plan (landing in 2025), makes me suspect he isn't as mentally stable as he claims to be
 

Toroid

Founding Member
The boys were sedated during the extraction. They were given Xanax, Ketamine & Atropine. The drugs only lasted an hour and they had to re-administer for the three hour process.
World was told 12 Thai cave boys would swim to freedom... but that was a lie to soothe their parents | Daily Mail Online
For Dr Harry, the vital question was what cocktail of drugs to use to keep the boys unconscious but safe for the three hours it would take to get each of them to the surface.

This kind of rescue had never been attempted before, so there was no rule book to follow. He decided on a combination of three drugs. First, he would give them a tablet of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax to take the edge off their fear. Then he would inject ketamine into a leg muscle — five milligrams per kilogram of bodyweight — to put them to sleep.

Ketamine acts fast but lasts only an hour. The recovery divers with each boy would then have to top them up with a pre-loaded syringe.

The last drug, atropine, to reduce the saliva in the boys’ mouths from which they could drown, would also be injected into their legs.
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