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  • LonelyNorthernAddick
    LonelyNorthernAddick Posts: 2,423
    Callumcafc said:

    Now eight boys rescued reported by CNN.

    They've been getting another one out every hour or so in the last few hours. Brilliant. Hopefully all be home free soon
  • smiffyboy
    smiffyboy Posts: 4,314
    Unconfirmed reports all 12 boys and the coach have been successfully rescued. Amazing news and well done all those involved.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,681
    Now confirmed all 12 boys and their teacher are safe and sound.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,324
    Just a shame they're going to have to stay in Quarantine for a week so wont be able to make the World Cup Final

    Am sure FIFA can just delay their trip for four years though
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,849
    Truly uplifting. Never forget the power of the human spirit, and the compassion and bravery that the human race is capable of demonstrating.

  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    edited July 2018
    The British rescuers deserve to be honoured by The Queen for the part they played, and the other nationalities should receive the highest honour that can be bestowed upon them. Bloody heroes all, far more deserving of an award than actors, sportsmen etc.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,849
    happyvalley said:

    The British rescuers deserve to be honoured by The Queen for the part they played, and the other nationalities should receive the highest honour that can be bestowed upon them. Bloody heroes all, far more deserving of an award than actors, sportsmen etc.

    100% agree.

    We're looking at George Cross territory here.
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,037
    The cost for my survival must have been hundreds of millions of dollars. All to save one dorky botanist. Why bother? Well, okay. I know the answer to that. Part of it might be what I represent: progress, science, and the interplanetary future we've dreamed of for centuries. But really, they did it because every human being has a basic instinct to help each other out. It might not seem that way sometimes, but it's true. If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is so fundamentally human that it's found in every culture without exception. Yes, there are assholes who just don't care, but they're massively outnumbered by the people who do.
    - from The Martian, by Andy Weir
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Footballer Kyle Walker has offered to send the boys England shirts following the news of their rescue = Class
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Coincidentally, a few weeks back I was watching some videos of them lunatics who climb up the sides of skyscrapers and do cartwheels at the top, and on the suggested videos was one about pot holing and cave diving. After watching a few, I came across the one below. I didn't want to share it before due to the fact that the lads where still in their predicament, but now they're all safe, I think it's worth a share as it shows just how dangerous this type of thing came be and the task faced by the hero rescuers. -

    https://youtu.be/OVZ_XAXUWlw


    RIP to the diver who never made it....
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  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    I have just watched some of this stuff, including an interview with one of the rescuing blokes who said he was scared when he saw one of the trapped approaching him in the rescue.
    I actually found myself crying and can't explain to myself why.
    Maybe because I feel inspired by an aspect of cooperation and collaboration.
    I loved the bloke in the interview, and as a father I can relate to the feelings swirling around.
    I will always be a Wild Boars supporter as my Thai team from now on.
    God love 'em all, rescuers and boys, family and nations.
  • NornIrishAddick
    NornIrishAddick Posts: 9,623
    Superb news today, I cannot imagine how delighted the people of Thailand must be (and can have some hope that the outcome offers some solace to the family of the diver who died), real tears of joy time.

    A triumph of selflessness, patience, no little skill and indomitable spirit.
  • CharltonPete
    CharltonPete Posts: 353
    No doubt this will be made into a film in the near future
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    Great story this. Unfortunately they won't be able to take FIFA up on their offer to go to the World Cup final.
  • NornIrishAddick
    NornIrishAddick Posts: 9,623
    The Guardian are reporting that the Australian doctor who had gone in to assess and prepare individuals for rescue, and was one of the last four divers to leave the cave yesterday, found out that his father had died during the rescue process.

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