Video: Thai boys didn’t swim out of the cave; they were rescued on stretchers

[Fishrrman]

https://www.vox.com/2018/7/11/17561932/thai-cave-rescue-boys-stretcher

Video: Thai boys didn’t swim out of the cave; they were rescued on stretchers
New information suggests the 12 Thai boys trapped in a cave were medicated and carried out on stretchers during the rescue operation.

By Radhika Viswanathan
Jul 11, 2018, 4:20pm EDT



Now that the 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach are safely out of the cave where they were trapped for just over two weeks, we’re learning more details on how the rescue mission was carried out.

Up until Wednesday, Vox — and other news outlets — were reporting that the boys swam out of the cave, accompanied by professional divers. Over the weekend, rescue officials had been telling reporters that divers were teaching the boys to swim and to use diving equipment.

But on Wednesday afternoon, a day after the mission was completed, the Thai Navy SEALs posted a video to Facebook that suggests the boys did not swim, but instead were fitted with dive masks, and put on stretchers that were guided through the passageways by the divers...

Full article at URL above.

Direct link to facebook video:
https://www.facebook.com/ko.aung.1848/videos/1328666757275369/
NOTE: it's not certain whether this is the actual rescue, or perhaps a training video done previously...

[Frank Cannon]

the Thai Navy SEALs

I can just imagine what they are like.....

[Sanguine]

That makes sense.  Any panic during some of the trickier parts of the egress could have been fatal to the youngster and his accompanying divers.