Author Topic: BREAKING...Proposed â€˜buddy diveâ€™ plan to rescue boys in Thai cave [UPDATE: all rescued (Read 10361 times)

Elderberry · « **Reply #100 on:** July 09, 2018, 12:41:00 pm »

I wonder if this is all the rescues for Today?

Gefn · « **Reply #101 on:** July 09, 2018, 12:46:32 pm »

Quote from: Elderberry on July 09, 2018, 12:41:00 pm

I wonder if this is all the rescues for Today?

Iâ€™m optimistic all will be out within 24 hours. Keep the faith.

TomSea · « **Reply #102 on:** July 09, 2018, 01:02:45 pm »

Let's not forget, one diver died trying to save these boys, getting them oxygen. That would be in my mind as well.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #103 on:** July 09, 2018, 01:06:06 pm »

@Freya I cannot reduce the size of your attachments..you just need to remove it

Elderberry · « **Reply #104 on:** July 09, 2018, 01:11:51 pm »

1.29pm update: The rescue mission for today has been suspended as four boys plus their coach remain inside the cave

Following the successful rescue of eight boys, four yesterday and four today, rescue attempts have been paused in order for divers to rest according to an eyewitness.

Four boys and their 25-year-old football coach remain inside the cave.

The four rescued today were all removed on stretchers, after an exhausting journey out of the winding cave complex.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/985978/Thailand-cave-rescue-news-Thai-trapped-boys-latest-LIVE-update

Gefn · « **Reply #105 on:** July 09, 2018, 01:12:25 pm »

Quote from: mystery-ak on July 09, 2018, 01:06:06 pm

@Freya I cannot reduce the size of your attachments..you just need to remove it

She wonâ€™t remove. Itâ€™s ok. Iâ€™m sorry Myst

Gefn · « **Reply #106 on:** July 09, 2018, 01:16:28 pm »

Thank you @Elderberry

Those poor boys. Can you imagine the ptsd?

Sanguine · « **Reply #107 on:** July 09, 2018, 01:41:41 pm »

Quote from: Elderberry on July 09, 2018, 01:11:51 pm

1.29pm update: The rescue mission for today has been suspended as four boys plus their coach remain inside the cave

Following the successful rescue of eight boys, four yesterday and four today, rescue attempts have been paused in order for divers to rest according to an eyewitness.

Four boys and their 25-year-old football coach remain inside the cave.

The four rescued today were all removed on stretchers, after an exhausting journey out of the winding cave complex.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/985978/Thailand-cave-rescue-news-Thai-trapped-boys-latest-LIVE-update

Thank you all for the updates.

I thought the coach had already been removed? He's still there?

Applewood · « **Reply #108 on:** July 09, 2018, 01:52:04 pm »

Quote from: Sanguine on July 09, 2018, 01:41:41 pm

Thank you all for the updates.

I thought the coach had already been removed? He's still there?

That's what I thought. Supposedly, he gave all his food and water to the boys, so he was severely dehydrated and malnourished.

But who knows what's true? Seems every news outlet is reporting something different.

By the way, I read somewhere that the adult is not the coach, but rather, the coach's assistant. He was supposedly once a novice at a monastery.

Elderberry · « **Reply #109 on:** July 09, 2018, 01:58:06 pm »

Quote from: Sanguine on July 09, 2018, 01:41:41 pm

Thank you all for the updates.

I thought the coach had already been removed? He's still there?

The coach is still in the cave with the last 4 boys. I would assume he will be the last to come out. Like the captain of a sinking ship. The last to depart.

Sanguine · « **Reply #110 on:** July 09, 2018, 02:02:33 pm »

Hopefully they've been able to get more food and water to them while they wait to be rescued.

Elderberry · « **Reply #111 on:** July 09, 2018, 02:02:44 pm »

Cave rescue: Who are the 12 boys and their coach trapped in Thailand?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44762010

Elderberry · « **Reply #112 on:** July 09, 2018, 02:06:48 pm »

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44762010

Peerapat Sompiangjai (Nickname: Night), 17

Night went missing on his birthday and his parents say they are still waiting to hold his party.

According to reports, the boys went into the cave on 23 June to celebrate Night's birthday. They were said to have brought treats and snacks along with them.

These supplies likely helped sustain the group in the many days spent trapped inside the cave.

Victoria33 · « **Reply #113 on:** July 09, 2018, 02:14:58 pm »

Quote from: Elderberry on July 09, 2018, 01:58:06 pm

The coach is still in the cave with the last 4 boys. I would assume he will be the last to come out. Like the captain of a sinking ship. The last to depart.

@Sanguine
@Elderberry

I was the one who put on here that the coach was taken out because he was worse than the rest since he gave his food and water to the boys. It was CBS news that reported that. One would think CBS news would have it right.

Sanguine · « **Reply #114 on:** July 09, 2018, 02:16:13 pm »

Quote from: Victoria33 on July 09, 2018, 02:14:58 pm

@Sanguine
@Elderberry

I was the one who put on here that the coach was taken out because he was worse than the rest since he gave his food and water to the boys. It was CBS news that reported that. One would think CBS news would have it right.

Oh, OK, thanks, @Victoria33.

Elderberry · « **Reply #115 on:** July 09, 2018, 02:32:45 pm »

Quote from: Victoria33 on July 09, 2018, 02:14:58 pm

@Sanguine
@Elderberry

I was the one who put on here that the coach was taken out because he was worse than the rest since he gave his food and water to the boys. It was CBS news that reported that. One would think CBS news would have it right.

Not your fault.

That's what happens when one news organization, takes at face value what is reported by another news organization.

I looked at the CBS video(on youtube) and they reported that they heard from Thai media, that the coach had been rescued.

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #116 on:** July 09, 2018, 02:44:04 pm »

@Elderberry @Freya

On behalf of the office-bound everywhere: Thank you! for the updates. I know just where to go to find out what's going on.

Eight boys and now the divers rest. Gotta keep praying the rains hold off for one more day.

endicom · « **Reply #117 on:** July 09, 2018, 02:45:52 pm »

@Freya @mystery-ak

I unchecked the box for attachments in post #91 in believing I could simply check it again. The attachment is now gone so I apologize if that was wrong.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #118 on:** July 09, 2018, 02:49:01 pm »

Quote from: endicom on July 09, 2018, 02:45:52 pm

@Freya @mystery-ak

I unchecked the box for attachments in post #91 in believing I could simply check it again. The attachment is now gone so I apologize if that was wrong.

Thanks...I should have done that

musiclady · « **Reply #119 on:** July 09, 2018, 04:45:00 pm »

Fascinating diagram of cave. There will be no more rescues today. The remaining four will be rescued in the morning....

Polly Ticks · « **Reply #120 on:** July 09, 2018, 04:47:48 pm »

Is it the same four divers who are going in after the boys each time, or are they sending fresh divers each time they go back in to get two more boys out?

Elderberry · « **Reply #121 on:** July 09, 2018, 04:54:59 pm »

Quote from: Polly Ticks on July 09, 2018, 04:47:48 pm

Is it the same four divers who are going in after the boys each time, or are they sending fresh divers each time they go back in to get two more boys out?

Each boy is being accompanied by two divers.

Ex-U.S. Navy SEAL explains why so many divers are involved

Dave Sear, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, joined CBSN to explain why there are 90 divers involved in the rescue mission and what kind of assistance the U.S. can offer Thailand officials.

Fifty of the rescuers are from Thailand and 40 others are from across the world. Sear said some of the divers are likely staging oxygen tanks and fixing lines of rope along the cave.

"A rope will go along the entire cave to guide them so they can find their way out of the cave. They will make sure it is in place. Then you are going to stage oxygen bottles or air bottles, depending on what they are using, along that route so that they can switch out as they go. They will have bottles there so they can refresh them, and put new bottles on.

The other divers will get them out and replace them," Sear said.

Applewood · « **Reply #122 on:** July 09, 2018, 06:12:23 pm »

Quote from: Victoria33 on July 09, 2018, 02:14:58 pm

@Sanguine
@Elderberry

I was the one who put on here that the coach was taken out because he was worse than the rest since he gave his food and water to the boys. It was CBS news that reported that. One would think CBS news would have it right.

Not a problem @Victoria33 I too had heard that erroneous report on CBS. This is like every other incident or tragedy. There is also misinformation and in some cases out and out lies. I'm going to guess that in this case there will be a lot of false reporting simply because of the language barrier. We may not know anything for sure until -- God willing -- all of the boys and the adult are brought out alive.

Sanguine · « **Reply #123 on:** July 09, 2018, 07:01:26 pm »

Quote from: musiclady on July 09, 2018, 04:45:00 pm

Fascinating diagram of cave. There will be no more rescues today. The remaining four will be rescued in the morning....

So, if I'm reading that correctly, the area marked "flooded passage too narrow for scuba tanks" means they have to hold their breath and swim underwater, in tight rocks, that whole way? Damn.

Victoria33 · « **Reply #124 on:** July 09, 2018, 07:35:29 pm »

Quote from: Sanguine on July 09, 2018, 07:01:26 pm

So, if I'm reading that correctly, the area marked "flooded passage too narrow for scuba tanks" means they have to hold their breath and swim underwater, in tight rocks, that whole way? Damn.

@Sanguine

Yes, early on,I saw a diagram of that small passageway and it goes uphill on the right side. The person talked about that narrow passage, it is 20+ inches diameter, only large enough for a body, and you had better not be fat.