Four members of Thai soccer team rescued after more than two weeks in flooded cave
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Source: Washington Post
MAE SAI, Thailand — Four members of a youth soccer team were rescued Sunday from a cave complex in northern Thailand where they had been stranded for more than two weeks, according to the provincial governor.
The four were checked out in a field hospital near the cave and then helicoptered 37 miles south to a hospital in Chiang Rai, where an entire floor has been reserved for the rescue effort.
“Everybody is perfectly healthy,” said Narongsak Osatanakorn, the outgoing governor of Chiang Rai province. “The operation is going better than expected.”
More rescues were expected for the eight remaining players, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach, who have been trapped since June 23, when monsoon rains flooded the six-mile cave system they were exploring. Because all the rescue equipment was used up in Sunday’s attempts, the next push would have to wait until Monday morning, Narongsak said.
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