Rescue Mission Saves All 12 Boys and Soccer Coach From Thai Cave

The "Wild Boars" soccer team had been trapped in the flooded cave for more than two weeks, capturing the attention of the world's news media.

By Associated Press
Published 10 July 2018
Image via AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit

A daring rescue mission in the treacherous confines of a flooded cave in Thailand has saved the 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped deep within the labyrinth, ending an 18-day ordeal that claimed the life of an experienced volunteer diver and riveted people around the world. Thailand's Navy SEALs, who were central to the rescue effort, said on their Facebook page that the remaining four boys and their 25-year-old coach were all… Read at AP News

By Associated Press
Published 10 July 2018
Filed Under thai cave rescue , thailand

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