Four of the Thai soccer team boys are OUT of the cave – but the other eight and their coach will remain underground until tomorrow
Half of the soccer team trapped inside a flooded Thai cave have now been brought out and taken to hospital
Remaining six schoolboys and coach will wait until tomorrow to be saved, Thai Public Broadcast Service said
The treacherous rescue operation to save 12 young Thai footballers from a flooded cave begun this morning
Eighteen divers have been sent in to complete the mission as officials said Sunday was ‘D-Day’ for rescue
The young footballers and their coach have been trapped in flooded caves in northern Thailand for 16 days
As soon as the boys exit the cave they will be airlifted by helicopter or driven by ambulance to local hospital
By NICK FAGGE
DAILYMAIL.COM
8 July 2018
Four players from the missing Thai soccer team which became trapped inside a flooded cave have now been brought out after divers executed a carefully constructed rescue mission – while racing against the clock.
Thirty-five emergency doctors were on standby as the ‘exhausted’ boys as they were flown by military helicopters and ambulances to Chiang Rai Prachanukroh hospital.
Divers will not be rescuing the remaining eight children tonight, the Thai Public Broadcast Service announced, reporting: ‘Only six of the boys will be taken out tonight.’
However, authorities later confirmed they had only been able to rescue four boys, instead of the planned six.
The other eight players – and their coach – will remain underground and be rescued tomorrow, the state-funded news agency said. Divers are expected to re-enter the caves in between ten and twenty hours’ time because there were not enough air tanks along the route to continue for now, an official said.
A staggering 90 divers have been involved in the rescue in the Tham Luang Nang Non cave complex, with only 40 from Thailand.
The boys and their coach have spent 15 days trapped in the complex cave network below the Mae Sai mountains, in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand, after wandering in to explore.
The condition of one of the first two boys rescued is ‘causing concern’, according to a senior health chief.
It’s thought the starved and exhausted kids were flown in a military helicopter 35 miles away to be treated.
Pictures showed the youngsters being stretchered from ambulances to helicopters after the incredible cave rescue.
Speaking after the first rescue Governor Narongsak hailed today’s mission as a success.
He said: ‘After 16 days of waiting today we finally see the faces of the Wild Boars. Today is the best situation that allow us to carry out the evacuation operation. All of the four boys have been sent to the hospital and all of them are safe.’
The Governor said the mission would only resume when conditions inside the cave were suitable.
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