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t's not all gloomy, however, as the rescuers pass the time by cracking jokes and laughing with each other before taking the plunge underwater.

Rescuers are stockpiling oxygen tanks along the route to the schoolboys to ensure they don't run out of air, and have released other ones to keep the oxygen level up inside.

The rescue workers use head torches and guide rope to slowly progress through rocky, dimly-lit passages.


Rescuers at the mouth of a tiny passageway they must squeeze through to continue.

Headcam footage reveals the dark and waterlogged tunnels the Thai boys trapped 800m underground will have to pass through to escape.


Navigating through the cave system to where the football team is holed up takes experienced divers more than five hours in the flooded conditions.

Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osottanakorn said the boys were learning to dive but were not strong enough to undertake to long journey through narrow, underwater passages.

donshady:
Tesla’s Elon Musk offers to help rescue Thai soccer team trapped in underground caves
Musk’s companies said they could help by trying to determine the boys’ precise location, pumping water or providing heavy-duty battery packs

Read more on https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2154005/elon-musk-offers-aid-cave-rescue-trapped-thai-soccer-team

Elon Musk sends engineers from his Boring Companyto help Thai cave rescue mission and proposes creating underwater air tube for the children to crawl through.

The body of a diver who died while taking supplies to a trapped Thai soccer team has been repatriated with honours.

Former Thai Navy SEAL Saman Kunan died after running out of oxygen in the cramped, waterlogged passageways of the Tham Luang caves in northern Thailand.

The 38-year-old was trying to reach a cavern set up as a command centre 1.2miles inside the caves and had been leaving oxygen tanks around the network as part of preparations for rescuing the 12 young footballers.

But he ran out of air at 2am local time and his diving partner was unable to revive him.

His body will be flown to his hometown in Roi Et for a royally-sponsored funeral, the Thai king announced. Pictures today showed military officials transporting his flag-draped coffin.


Thai soldiers and police officers pay their respects as a Thai Navy plane carrying the body of Saman Kunan takes off at Chiang Rai International Airport today
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The level of oxygen in the cave has also become a cause for concern, with authorities revealing levels have dropped to 15 per cent.

Narongsak Osatanakorn, the governor of Chiang Rai province, said that oxygen has been depleting inside the cave due to the presence of hundreds of rescue workers.

Holes are being drilled in the jungle above the cave to try and increase air supply and about 30 oxygen tanks have also been released in their area.

Authorities are also laying an air pipe from the entrance into the cave but said on Friday that another 1.7km of piping is needed.

The mother of one of the trapped Thai boys breaks down as authorities announce the death of a former Thai Navy Seal diver during the ongoing rescue operation.



Soldiers and rescue team getting supplies to the trapped kids.


Plan of the cave network, man to scale/size, see the pattaya Beach. That's a hole they need to crawl and squeeze through.

The Nightmare rescue



Meanwhile, fears are growing that time is running out to rescue the boys and their coach.

Officials have long feared the coming torrential rain would catastrophically flood the cave system in Chiang Rai and make rescue impossible.




'At first, we thought the children could stay for a long time... but now things have changed, we have a limited time,' Yookongkaew said, insisting morale remained strong despite the death of the diver.

'These accidents can happen sometimes to anyone in the field, but we will go ahead and keep working,' he told The Guardian.

He added: 'We won't let his life be in vain. We will carry on.'

His effort and determination will always remain the hearts of all divers.

'May you rest in peace and we will accomplish this mission as you had wished.'

The SEAL unit said in a statement that Kunan's diving partner had found him unconscious in the water and tried to revive him but could not save his life.

This morning, devastated Thai navy Seals paid tribute to their former colleague, describing him as a 'skilled and talented Seal and a triathlon athlete'.



Speaking to CNN on Wednesday, Cade Courtley, a former US Navy SEAL with thousands of hours of experience of diving in difficult conditions has warned that there will be fatalities if the children have to dive out.

He said bringing the children out through the flooded tunnels could be treacherous.

He says that even divers with considerable expertise have been 'climbing up, climbing through, going through water with zero visibility for hours to finally get through the team.

Now you're going to ask 11 to (16) year olds some of whom cannot swim to make that same journey for the first time breathing air underwater? I think that's a terrible mistake given some of the options we have.'



A four hours journey, miles long guide rope has been put in place and some of the submerged/flooded tunnels are so narrow that their oxygen tanks will have to go through first.

Using 19 industrial pumps, Thai military has so far pumped out 128million litre of water from the cave since the rescue operation kicked off, enough to fill over 50 Olympic size pools in the hope of lowering the water level in the cave for the boys to be floated out with their heads above the water.




Rescuer workers prepare small diving masks to deliver to the youngsters inside Tham Luang Nang Non cave.

Kunan was working in a volunteer capacity for the rescue mission. He is pictured here with fellow members of his team at the cave.

Kunan also posted this photo of his team planning the mission before going into the cave.

A Thai Navy SEAL has died while trying to rescue the team of young footballers trapped in a cave in Thailand.

Saman Kunan, 37, died due to a lack of oxygen in the tunnel, said Commander Arpakorn Yookongkaew.

Kunan was trying to reach a cavern set up as a command centre 1.2miles inside the cave system when he ran out of air at 2am local time.

He was returning to the centre after placing oxygen tanks through the cave's underground network.

Yookongkaew said the rescuer was working in a volunteer capacity to help the 12 boys and their 25-year-old coach.

A diving partner tried to revive Kunan but was unsuccessful.

His body has been sent to Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok and will be flown to his hometown in Roi Et for a royally-sponsored funeral, the Thai king announced.

Kunan's final Facebook post was a picture of him proudly posing with his comrades at the mouth of the Than Luang cave.



A huge operation is underway at the Tham Luang Nang Non cave complex, where dozens of Thai Navy SEALs and international experts are attempting to find a way to get the boys out.

Rescuers have been examining ways to rescue the boys, including fitting them with full-face oxygen masks and accompanying them on a long, dangerous swim through the tunnels.



However, the death of an experienced diver in the cave system underlines the inherent risks in attempting to move the boys, who are physically weak after days without food.

It comes as officials warned the window of opportunity to free the youngsters is now 'limited'.





Last image, Moment Kunan preparing to fly out to join the rescue mission and revealing how he hoped to ' bring the kids home'.


Thai military didnt allow the death of their colleague disturb their mission, instead, they said 'We won't let his life be in vain. We will carry on.'





Elon Musk sends engineers from his Boring Companyto help Thai cave rescue mission and proposes creating underwater air tube for the children to crawl through.


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dontbothermuch:
You


Thought you were always serious. No Humor.

Love your post Bro

Lol.....tnx bro.

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ALAYORMII:
Its a fu cking lie

There's no way she can make that much a day selling water


One bottle can't be more than a dollar

Yea, but maybe because she a media start.

Jist like spotting Kim Kardashian selling water in the middle road, she will make thousands.

ItzBIM:
Alaye it’s not like you will earn in dollar and spend in naira , you will earn In dollar and spend in dollar.1000dollar is nothing.

Lol....I know bro,

But imagine is possible to make $1000 per day doing that, that's $25, 000 per month excluding weekends/sunday.

₦9million per month bro, atleast ₦2million can come home for savings or project every month.

More than 50% of Americans earn far below that every month.

You said $1000 dollars is nothing, may be to you. To many Americans, is something, because millions of people in the US earn between $1000 - $2000 monthly.

₦350,000 per day for inside traffic.

New Jersey far oooo....abi....

daveP:
I'm beginning to feel more like international help came aplenty for these chibok girls issue but they weren't encouraged enough. cos almost 7different top countries are at this cave. Nawa o.


rock blasting may be an option. but it's dangerous I think. that drilling distance is damn far....

About three countries came for chibok girls then, US was one.

They flew their drones over sambisa forest searching for the girls. One of the country said the abduction was kind of political.
Just like inviting you to my house to help find what am hiding.

They cant blast it.

Lopez Obrador went to one of his most important meetings yet Tuesday by cruising through city traffic in a compact car with the windows down and no visible security detail, establishing a casual new style of leadership that has some expressing concerns for his safety

The man elected to be Mexico's new president is shunning a secret service security detail because 'the people will protect me' even though the country has seen more than 140 politicians killed over the last nine months.

New President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador went to one of his most important meetings yet Tuesday by cruising through city traffic in a compact car with the windows down and no visible security detail, establishing a casual new style of leadership that has some expressing concerns for his safety in violence-wracked Mexico.

In place of police outriders, a half dozen television cameramen on motorcycles buzzed around Lopez Obrador's car en route to a meeting with outgoing President Enrique Pena Nieto at the National Palace in the heart of Mexico City.

'The people will protect me,' Lopez Obrador told reporters who asked about the lack of security.





http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5914295/Mexicos-Lopez-Obrador-meet-Pena-Nieto-transition.html
Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Looking more relaxed, the boys aged 11 to 16 told rescuers they have heard dogs barking, roosters crowing and children playing despite being 800 metres underground.


Pictured: Police at the scene

Australian Federal Police (AFP) Specialist Response Group (SRG) divers continue to assist the complex and ongoing cave rescue operation underway in Chiang Rai, Thailand.

Australian Federal Police and Defense Force personnel talk each other near a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach are trapped.


Family members pass time near the Tham Luang cave complex, where members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach have been found alive.

While efforts to pump out floodwaters are continuing, some Thai officials have indicated that heavy rains forecast for this weekend could force them to decide the boys should swim and dive out using the same complicated route of narrow passageways through which their rescuers entered.


A Thai army medic slips as his comrades carry a stretcher during a training exercise as rescuers work at the scene in Thailand.


A Thai navy officer carries a pig's head to worship celestrial guardians and spirits as the rescue operations for the child soccer team and their coach continue.

The coach Ekkapol Chantawong 25 has reportedly been teaching the boys to meditate to help keep them calm in the cave.

daveP:
If only drillings can pave a way for these kids.... Till October why these sef Waka go this long. Don't they know that if they were Nigerian kids, dem for Don dey lay wreaths for them, and their governor's own go be the most eye catching?

International rescue team are on the mountain for days, checking if digging will work.

But the challenge is the distance from the top of the mountain down to the cave, about half a mile.



Like dominique said, the kids are not children of politicians or millionaires.


These boys are just ordinary citizens living in a local town in the country, they're children of nobody, maybe parents are teachers or artisans, and the country stood still because of them.


If we're to estimate how much Thai government had spent on this search and rescue mission over the two weeks, i can guess $1million.


More than two Giant generator set are running 247 to power the cave, about two different command centres set up in the cave, many pumping machines are running 247, hundreds of oxygen tanks, fueling the choppers/trucks that are flying and delivering supplies, and so on.


What about the will and the commitment of the over 1,000 men, both local and foreigners working 24hrs.


I doubt if my country can do this to rescue 13 ordinary citizens, one person will just come out and make a statement that the cave has collapsed.

A desperate search for them drew assistance from experts around the globe.

codedflowz:
Explorers
I'm just curious



They didn't eat anything nor drink anything at all till the 9th day they were found?

Yea, you can see how thin&weak they appear when they were found 2days ago.

Did you see the video?

flyca:
Could they have found their way back without the rains?

Sure, the rain flooded the cave system, their way back. Some area up to 16ft deep and some totally submerged.

Lagosfinder:
Op add real estate consultancy, can be done online and pays in the first month

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Thai police take a break for breakfast as rescue operations continue for 12 boys and their coach trapped at the Tham Luang cave.

Thai soldiers carry supplies as they walk down the hill leading up to Tham Luang cave as rescue operations continue for 12 boys and their coach.


Workers bring supplies for the trapped boys, who were trapped inside when heavy rains flooded the cave.

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The boys had left their bikes, backpacks and shoes outside the complex "before wading in and trying to go to the end of the tunnel," Ben Reymenants said.

"Sort of like an initiation for local young boys to write your name on the wall, extreme end of the cave and make it back."

"Now a flash flood because of sudden heavy rain lock them in," the diver said, adding the young boys were strong but were weak in the caves from a lack of food.

A diver helping to rescue a group of boys who have been trapped in a cave in Thailand says the kids entered the complex as part of an "initiation."

The group of 12 boys entered the Tham Luang cave complex in Chiang Rai province on June 23 with their 25-year-old soccer coach, just after practice had ended.

They became trapped after heavy rains flooded key passages.

A Dutch diver who was reportedly part of the group of rescue workers who found the boys told Sky News they were partaking in some sort of ritual.




http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/07/03/trapped-thai-soccer-team-entered-cave-for-initiation-ritual-rescuer-says.html