The rescue has begun

[Batesmotel]

5 Thai SEALs have entered to bring out the first of the boys. 

[tous]

Whatever metaphysical being is listening, please let them all come out safely.

[Sprout]

Wow, Just wow. 

[BMyers]

I can't imagine as a parent what it would be like to have my child in this type of situation. Praying that all goes well, boys come out safely and all rescuers are safe throughout the operations. 

[Gun Shark]

Live updates.

https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/thai-cave-rescue-live-intl/index.html

[G26S239]

Two have been brought out.

[pipedreams]

This will be a several day event.

"A group of four of the boys was reportedly being led out of the cave, after all of the trapped group underwent training for using scuba equipment, Australia's News.com reported. "

[XSIV4S]

That idiot coach is creating quite a body count. One Thai seal dead and now several more rescuers injured.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/624a6142-6916-3e40-a3d8-2ff88ccfe3d0/ss_thai-rescue-vehicle-carrying.html

 

[gwalchmai]

Good luck, Thais!

[G26S239]

I have a hunch that the initiation ritual that got these boys trapped will be clamped down on hard after this incident.

 

 

Edited July 8, 2018 by G26S239

[NDcent]

More out, hope this keeps progressing as well. 

[Collim1]

Hoping for success, but the realist in me doesn’t think everyone will escape alive. 

There is some serious bravery for a noble cause being showcased. Prayers for all. 

[Jack Ryan]

Leftist suck it

Edited January 11, 2021 by Jack Ryan

[willie-pete]

It will probably be a party to end all parties in Thailand when they all get out.

[syntaxerrorsix]

Four are out.  Thai SEALs are not doing the bulk of the work.  The British Cave Rescue Council is in charge of the rescue.  SEAL divers don't have the proper equipment or training for this sort of diving.  The likely reason the one SEAL perished is due to using open water equipment in an overhead environment and not using proper gas management.

[DrB]

A lot of brave people in those rescue divers. I hope they get them all out.  This will be a lesson in cave rescue in the future for all to learn.  I wish them well.

Dave..

 

[Ramjet38]

I get claustrophobic just looking at that map of the cave and where they are.  I don't know that I would do so well.

Bless them and the rescuers.

[Alcoy]

Hope and pray everyone gets out safe.

[DrB]

The two British cave divers who went in and found them have more guts than most of us combined have, I think.  They started the rescue by finding them, first in..

Dave..

[NDcent]

26 minutes ago, DrB said:

The two British cave divers who went in and found them have more guts than most of us combined have, I think.  They started the rescue by finding them, first in..

Dave..

Probably last out, too. Lots of trained people over there, but from what's being covered those British cave divers seem to be the elite of the elite.

[DrB]

John Volanthen on the left and Richard Stanton on the right.

 

[syntaxerrorsix]

2 hours ago, DrB said:

The two British cave divers who went in and found them have more guts than most of us combined have, I think.  They started the rescue by finding them, first in..

Dave..

It's pretty standard fare for sump diving.  One thing that's different is the flow.  Most sump diving doesn't involve significant flow where as magnitude one springs like we have here can put out 100 cuft of water a minute, you have to read the cave and the flow properly to dive it.  Most of the time it involves pulling yourself in.  The two Brits are the top of their game.  There are only a handful of people in the world qualified to make these sort of recoveries and this is even a one off for them.