{"id":8068,"date":"2018-07-02T11:23:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T18:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=8068"},"modified":"2018-07-02T11:23:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T18:23:49","slug":"thai-soccer-team-boys-found-alive-in-cave-after-9-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=8068","title":{"rendered":"Thai Soccer team boys found alive in cave after 9 days"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/p>\n

All 12 boys and their football coach have been found alive after nine days missing in caves in Thailand, in a drama that gripped the nation.<\/p>\n

All of them are safe, an official confirmed, speaking after the mammoth search operation in the Tham Luang caves in Chiang Rai.<\/p>\n

The challenge now will be to extract the party safely, with rising water and mud impeding access.<\/p>\n

Families of the missing group were ecstatic at news of the rescue.<\/p>\n

The missing group were discovered by naval special forces, Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osottanakorn said.<\/p>\n

Rescuers had hoped they would find safety on a ledge in an underground chamber nicknamed Pattaya Beach but they were found 400 metres (440 yards) away having moved to higher ground to avoid the rising water.<\/p>\n

In video posted on Facebook by Thai Navy SEAL, one of the rescuers can be heard speaking in English to the group, as they sit on a ledge above water in a cavern, picked out by torchlight.<\/p>\n

“How many of you?” the rescuer, who appears to be English, asks.<\/p>\n

“Thirteen!”<\/p>\n

“Thirteen? Brilliant!”<\/p>\n

\"FamilyImage copyright<\/span>AFP<\/span><\/span>
Image caption<\/span>There was jubilation among family members camping near the caves<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The group’s plight has gripped the country and led to an outpouring of support.<\/p>\n

The boys aged 11 to 16 and their coach went to explore the caves on 23 June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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