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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,807
    A former Thai Navy diver has died trying to deliver oxygen to the boys. Sadly this is far from over.

    RIP
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    RIP
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,938
    So sad - and what a hero.

    It really emphasises the risks in getting them out safely - you can’t just train a a child to swim out of a 3 mile cave system with a tank on.

    How far underground are they? Could they drill into the ground to create a new shaft?
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,658
    So sad. RIP.
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,118
    Chiang Rai is really close to me, it's a beautiful place and this is an awful, awful story.

    Sadly, with the way the weather has been this year, I fear it's only going to get worse for them as the rainy season is going to last beyond late August / early September this year.
    DamoNorthStand said:

    So sad - and what a hero.

    It really emphasises the risks in getting them out safely - you can’t just train a a child to swim out of a 3 mile cave system with a tank on.

    How far underground are they? Could they drill into the ground to create a new shaft?

    800m / 1km, roughly.
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    Terrible news, not just for the diver and his family but also because it shows how severe this situation really is.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,743
    Apparently Elon Musk is speaking to the Thai authorities.

    He has come up with an idea of inserting a massive inflatable tube through the submerged areas so those trapped can escape.
  • Red_in_SE8
    Red_in_SE8 Posts: 5,961
    The term bravery and hero get over used these days. But no other words can be used to describe the men and women divers who are prepared to negotiate such a dangerous environment in their efforts to rescue these boys. What they are doing is the very definition of Bravery and Heroism. RIP.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,251
    SuedeAdidas said:

    Apparently Elon Musk is speaking to the Thai authorities.

    He has come up with an idea of inserting a massive inflatable tube through the submerged areas so those trapped can escape.

    I love how his mind works

    He does remind me of Valentine, the villain Samuel L Jackson played in Kingsmen
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,658
    Carter said:

    SuedeAdidas said:

    Apparently Elon Musk is speaking to the Thai authorities.

    He has come up with an idea of inserting a massive inflatable tube through the submerged areas so those trapped can escape.

    I love how his mind works

    He does remind me of Valentine, the villain Samuel L Jackson played in Kingsmen
    I get where you're coming from. I always picture him stroking a white cat.
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  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    I don't think that's far from the truth. I suspect a lot of governments are pretty nervous about him
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,325
    Just had a notification from the Daily Mail app saying that the first two boys have been freed
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,127
    Yup, had something similar from the Beeb
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    now 6 out. this is moving so quickly
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,625
    Thank god.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Great news
  • Red_in_SE8
    Red_in_SE8 Posts: 5,961
    Looking forward to seeing the whole team (and the divers who brought them out) presented to the world at the World Cup final next Sunday.
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    Red_in_SE8 said:

    Looking forward to seeing the whole team (and the divers who brought them out) presented to the world at the World Cup final next Sunday.

    yep, they're hopefully out in plenty of time to get medically cleared in time to take fifa up on their offer. would be amazing to see the lad in the england shirt come out as a mascot with the england team
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,850
    Definitely a miracle.

    Thoughts with the family and friends of the Thai diver who gave his life.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    This is simply all totally astonishing.
    RIP the heroic diver who lost his life. His utterly selfless sacrifice indicates the courage of everybody involved.
    As I write Sky news say 4 boys have been rescued the, weakest first apparently.
    Words can hardly do justice to this event, analysis can follow, but hopefully no recrimination or judging.
    I am in awe.
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  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,625
    There is so so much real shit in the world and it’s things like the effort and heroism involved in this rescue that just restore some faith in the human race.
  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,588
    Brilliant effort. Have they said anywhere how they are doing it?
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    DRAddick said:

    Brilliant effort. Have they said anywhere how they are doing it?

    2 scuba divers per kid, one in front, one behind. kids in respirators. following the rope that they put there before as no visibility in the muddy water. having to push gas tanks in front of them at times as the tunnels are too narrow to wear them. the main underwater bit is over a mile long
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,827
    There is always more good in the world than bad. Fantastic news.
  • Chef_addick
    Chef_addick Posts: 2,196
    Along with England, I'll also be cheering on this football team in their bid for safety over the next few days.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,681
    Chef_addick said:

    Along with England, I'll also be cheering on this football team in their bid for safety over the next few days.

    Me too
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,491
    rina said:

    DRAddick said:

    Brilliant effort. Have they said anywhere how they are doing it?

    2 scuba divers per kid, one in front, one behind. kids in respirators. following the rope that they put there before as no visibility in the muddy water. having to push gas tanks in front of them at times as the tunnels are too narrow to wear them. the main underwater bit is over a mile long
    God the kids must be shit scared having to do that. I wonder if they know someone has died, really hope not. Just hope everything goes to plan now.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,860
    They’re coming home.


    Fingers crossed for all involved.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,024
    rina said:

    DRAddick said:

    Brilliant effort. Have they said anywhere how they are doing it?

    2 scuba divers per kid, one in front, one behind. kids in respirators. following the rope that they put there before as no visibility in the muddy water. having to push gas tanks in front of them at times as the tunnels are too narrow to wear them. the main underwater bit is over a mile long
    Also read that at one point it's so narrow that you can only fit through one person at a time and they have to even take their air tanks off to get through. That's surely difficult enough for the diver, never mind a 13 year old kid who's not much of a swimmer.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,770
    edited July 2018
    Now eight boys rescued reported by CNN.

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