Once the boys were located, their families and the world began to rejoice. The video captures the plea of one of the boys: “Eat, eat, eat, tell them we are hungry.” The divers told the boys that they could not be rescued yet - the rising water was still a threat - but they would be back, once they had a plan. The rescuers confirmed that all 13 members of the team were alive. The divers’ discovery of the boys was captured on video. The team was discovered roughly 440 yards away from Pattaya Beach, where divers had first expected them to have taken shelter.
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Then, on July 2nd, two British cave divers made contact: Richard Stanton (played in the movie by Viggo Mortensen) and John Volanthen (played by Colin Farrell). But the rain continued to pour and the mission was put on hold. And as the days went on, rescuers from the US Indo-Pacific command, Australia, China, Japan, and Israel pitched in. According to Time, British divers and an expert with knowledge of the cave quickly arrived. The boys often played checkers to pass the time.Īs the team tried to survive, experts from all over the world began to pitch in. According to Ake, the boys took turns digging at the cave walls, unsure whether any rescuers would be able to find them. They drank water as it dripped down the cave walls and tried not to think about food.
They had a flashlight and took turns moving about the area in search of a way out. As Narongsak Osottanakorn, the governor of Thailand’s Chiang Rai province, put it: “We had bad luck.” An International Search EffortĪfter the boys and their coach reached dry land, they began to wait. Pumps were brought to the scene, but the tunnels could not be drained fast enough. The rain continued to pour into the caves, leaving divers with no choice but to suspend the rescue mission. Rescue efforts began on the night of June 24th, but divers “made little progress through opaque pools of rain, dirt, and debris.” According to Time, Thai Navy Seals were able to respond quickly to the crisis, but the heavy rains made their efforts futile. On the day the team traveled to the caves, they were met with heavy rain and flooding. The Tham Luang cave system is roughly three miles long “a system of narrow corridors winds sharply up and down, connecting larger chambers of limestone dripping with stalactites.” Located with the system is Pattaya Beach, “a vast amphitheater-like chamber,” which takes its name from an actual beach located on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand. An article published in the midst of the team’s distress described just what made the cave so vulnerable to that kind of incident. You may be wondering: what was it about this cave that made it so dangerous? Readers of Time magazine clearly were asking similar questions. We weren’t scared at that time.” Heavy Rains Prevent Rescue We thought in the morning, water would come down and officials would look for us. And there they waited.Īke said at a press conference (via the BBC): They began making their way back into the cave where they found a dry, elevated spot. Eventually, they realized they were stuck and lost. They began to wonder whether they had gone the wrong way. As they attempted to walk back out of the cave, the team encountered pools of water. One of the boys, Peerapat Sompiangjai, needed to get home early: it was his 17th birthday party.Īfter spending some time in the cave, they noticed something was not right. For the boys, who ranged in ages 11 to 16 at the time, this was their first visit to the cave. Now, you may be wondering: why? According to the BBC, the team had agreed to go “sightseeing” after a training session. On June 23, 2018, 12 young boys, all members of the Wild Boars soccer team, and the team’s assistant coach, Ekkapol “Ake” Chantawong (played in the movie by Teeradon Supapunpinyo), entered Tham Luang Nang Non, a cave complex located under Doi Nang Non, a mountain range that sits between Thailand and Myanmar. During that period, the story caught the attention of international news as millions of people waited to see what would happen to the boys.Įventually, a group of divers made their way into the cave and saved the boys. In the summer of 2018, in Thailand, a boys soccer team and their coach were trapped in a cave for 18 days. The inspiration for Thirteen Lives, the upcoming biographical drama film by Ron Howard, is one of those true stories that sounds like a nightmare. This installment focuses on the true story behind Ron Howard’s next feature, Thirteen Lives.
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