BREAKING...Proposed ‘buddy dive’ plan to rescue boys in Thai cave [UPDATE: all rescued

[Gefn]

🚨Sky news is reporting first two boys rescued are out!


https://news.sky.com/story/live-race-to-save-boys-trapped-in-thai-cave-11428960

[Right_in_Virginia]

Two, possibly more rescued. This took about nine hours.   

[Right_in_Virginia]

Third boy is out @Freya !

[Gefn]

Hurray!

[mountaineer]

Link to live CBS coverage.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Six boys are now out.   

[Gefn]

Six boys are now out.   

Holy cow! I’m speechless and  beyond happy

[mountaineer]

Richard Barrow in Thailand   @RichardBarrow
11m11 minutes ago

WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR at 7:40pm

✅ First two boys in the hospital in Chiang Rai
✅ 3rd and 4th boys in the field hospital at Tham Luang
✅ 5th and 6th boys have reached the third chamber in the cave
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Yes, like @Right_in_Virginia said, Reuters is reporting first 6 all out. As I recall, the third chamber is where they're transferred to stretchers for the final part of the journey.

[Gefn]

I wonder if they are trying to bring them all up at the same time?

I do know the coach will be the last to be brought up. Still confused how they got in the cave in the first place.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Richard Barrow in Thailand   @RichardBarrow
11m11 minutes ago

WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR at 7:40pm

✅ First two boys in the hospital in Chiang Rai
✅ 3rd and 4th boys in the field hospital at Tham Luang
✅ 5th and 6th boys have reached the third chamber in the cave
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Yes, like @Right_in_Virginia said, Reuters is reporting first 6 all out. As I recall, the third chamber is where they're transferred to stretchers for the final part of the journey.

Yes, they reach the third chamber, they're out. 

[Sanguine]

@Victoria33 thank you for keeping this updated.  And, @Right_in_Virginia, @Freya.

[Right_in_Virginia]

(I'm too claustrophobic to even read this .... )

[Gefn]

Oh it was a spelunking trip from hell.

No wonder why the coach blames himself.

@Right_in_Virginia I don’t know if I’m claustrophobic. My biggest fear is being buried alive.

If they stick me in a coffin I want to be an organ donor so I don’t wake up.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Oh it was a spelunking trip from hell.

No wonder why the coach blames himself.

@Right_in_Virginia I don’t know if I’m claustrophobic. My biggest fear is being buried alive.

If they stick me in a coffin I want to be an organ donor so I don’t wake up.

Thanks for this.  I think I'll be checking "yes" to organ donor ... great suggestion!   

[Victoria33]

I wonder if they are trying to bring them all up at the same time?
I do know the coach will be the last to be brought up. Still confused how they got in the cave in the first place.

@Freya

Here is what happened:
This coach does activities with these boys.  One of them is to ride bikes together and go exploring after soccer practice.  They have been in this cave before, no problem.  One way they were found is, all their bikes were found at the opening to the cave.

[mystery-ak]

Sixth boy has emerged from the Thai cave site alive and well (Reuters)

[Gefn]

Sixth boy has emerged from the Thai cave site alive and well (Reuters)

[Gefn]

@Freya

Here is what happened:
This coach does activities with these boys.  One of them is to ride bikes together and go exploring after soccer practice.  They have been in this cave before, no problem.  One way they were found is, all their bikes were found at the opening to the cave.

Thanks @Victoria33

I owe you an email. I might write you a snail mail though instead it’s more personal

[Victoria33]

Oh it was a spelunking trip from hell.

@Freya

I was 16 and in college.  I was in an earth science college course.  We were going to have a test on certain chapters in the text book.  I knew those chapters almost by every word in those chapters.  I took the test, knew I got every question right, and there was a question about a certain word for extra credit.  I did not know the word.  After handing in my test, I went to the professor and said that word was not in those chapters.  He laughed, opened the book and there was a picture in those chapters and under the picture was the word "spelunking".  I had not read the small print under that picture.  I never made that mistake again.  The moral of this story is, always read under every picture.

[mystery-ak]

Fox reporting 1st stage ending and 2nd stage will begin in 10 to 12 hours

[Sanguine]

Fox reporting 1st stage ending and 2nd stage will begin in 10 to 12 hours

So, the last 6 and the coach will be brought out then?

[Gefn]

CNN is reporting they need to replenish oxygen supplies.

It’s a nail biter.

[mystery-ak]

So, the last 6 and the coach will be brought out then?

Yes...if this report is accurate the rescue will resume later tonight

[Gefn]

Yes...if this report is accurate the rescue will resume later tonight

Give these families serenity and give the boys and their coach as well as their rescuers strength to do this and come up Alive.

[Suppressed]

@Freya

I was 16 and in college.  I was in an earth science college course.  We were going to have a test on certain chapters in the text book.  I knew those chapters almost by every word in those chapters.  I took the test, knew I got every question right, and there was a question about a certain word for extra credit.  I did not know the word.  After handing in my test, I went to the professor and said that word was not in those chapters.  He laughed, opened the book and there was a picture in those chapters and under the picture was the word "spelunking".  I had not read the small print under that picture.  I never made that mistake again.  The moral of this story is, always read under every picture.

And caves no longer use the term. It's now called "caving".

Some traditionalists will hang onto "spelunking" if you're going in to study the cave formations, but m9st now use "caving" even for that.

I miss "spelunking".