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'No risks' to be taken to free Thai boys
Rescuers will take no risks in freeing the 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand, an official said. They have received their first food and medical treatment in 10 days. Seven divers, including a doctor and a nurse, joined the group inside the caves in the north of the country after they were discovered alive on Monday. Rescuers are now considering how best to bring the group to safety.
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Navy SEAL dies while rescuing Thai schoolboys trapped in cave
THE grim reality facing the 12 Thai boys and their football coach has never been more evident. New footage of the daunting conditions facing the group trapped in a flooded cave has been captured by British television network ITV. Several rescuers can be seen struggling through dark, narrow passages. They can see where they are going only through headlights, and are moving through the flooded cave system holding a rope above them.
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Thai boys 'can walk but can't dive yet'
The 12 boys and their football coach trapped in waterlogged caves in Thailand will not be rescued overnight as they "cannot dive", officials say. The boys have been trapped for nearly two weeks in a chamber in the Tham Luang cave complex. They ventured in while the cave was dry but were caught out by a sudden deluge of rain, which flooded the system. Earlier, a former Thai navy diver died on his way out of the caves after delivering air tanks to those trapped.
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'Four-day window' for Thai boys' rescue
Teams have a three to four-day window to save 12 Thai boys and their football coach from a cave where they have been trapped for two weeks, according to the leader of the rescue efforts. Narongsak Osottanakorn said conditions were currently "perfect". There is concern that monsoon rains could follow, further flooding the narrow passages.
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People airlifted from deadly Japan floods
Parts of western Japan hit by deadly floods and landslides face unprecedented danger, officials warn, with more downpours expected. Scores of people have died, while about 1.5 million people have been ordered to leave their homes and three million more advised to do so. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the rescue effort is a "race against the clock".
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4 more boys freed from Thai cave, bringing total rescued to 8
Rescuers in Thailand on Monday freed four more members of the boys soccer team stranded in a flooded cave complex, as part of the second phase of a desperate rescue operation that aims to save four more kids and the team's coach before heavy rains imperil the effort. Four ambulances with flashing lights were spotted leaving the area as an aide to a Thai navy SEAL commander told the Associated Press that four boys were brought out of the cave on Monday, bringing the total to eight rescued so far.
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Elon Musk visits Thai cave, delivers kid-size submarine – just in case
American space entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted that he was in Thailand on Tuesday with a prototype mini-sub, at the flooded cave where five members of a youth football team remained trapped.
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All 12 boys, coach rescued from Thai cave, ending gruelling18-day ordeal
The rescue mission ends an ordeal that lasted more than two weeks.
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The doctor who chose to stay in the cave
It was his rare combination of talents that led Australian doctor Richard Harris deep into the Tham Luang cave in Thailand. When the Wild Boars football team was located deep inside the cave, after being missing for a week, the Adelaide anaesthetist abandoned his holiday in Thailand and volunteered to help. He went in to assess the boys' health and stayed with them for three days. It was under his direction that the weakest boys were first led out with the others successfully following in the complex operation.
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Coach Ek the unlikely stateless hero of cave drama
Schooled as a monk and now hailed a hero, football coach Ekkapol Chantawong is one of several stateless members of the "Wild Boars", a team whose survival after days trapped in flooded Tham Luang cave,e fixated a country that does not recognise them as citizens. Coach Ek, the 25-year-old who was among the last to emerge from the cave on Tuesday, has been lauded for keeping the the young footballers - aged 11-16 - calm as starvation loomed in the dark.
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With all odds against them, here's how rescuers pulled off 'miracle' Thai cave feat
The steel air tanks glittered under the beams of floodlights as a pair of rescuers defogged their masks and adjusted the straps. They checked their regulators one last time before embarking on what would become their most famous dive.
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Elon Musk calls British diver who helped rescue Thai schoolboys 'pedo guy' in Twitter outburst
Elon Musk has called a British diver who helped rescue schoolboys from a flooded cave in Thailand ‘pedo guy’ on Twitter. The entrepreneur’s outburst came after diver Vern Unsworth told Mr Musk to “stick his submarine where it hurts” after describing his offer to help with a miniature submersible as a “PR stunt”. Mr Musk travelled to the Tham Luang caverns in Chiang Rai this week and presented the six-foot submarine - which he said could help free 12 schoolboys stranded for weeks inside the cave.
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Thai cave rescue latest: Boys cry after discovering hero diver Saman Kunan died for them
The 12 members of the Wild Boars football team and their coach are expected to leave hospital this week after they were trapped underground in a flooded cave for a marathon two weeks. Photos released by the health ministry show the young football team members crowded around a sketch of Kunan writing messages on it and bowing their heads in commemoration at his remarkable actions.
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Firefighters saved a man having a heart attack and then they finished his yard work for him
When a man had a heart attack while laying sod in his front yard, first responders not only saved him, but they also finished the job for him. By Christina Zdanowicz. (July 9, 2018)
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Woman treaded water for 10 hours after falling from ship, sang to stay alive until rescue
A 46-year-old British woman, Kay Longstaff, fell off of a Norwegian Cruise Line around midnight Saturday, plunging into the Adriatic Sea.
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Drowning kangaroo rescued by police
The kangaroo was moments from death when two police officers jumped into the sea to rescue it.
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Husky Trapped On Roof Thanks Man Who Saved Him In The Sweetest Way
You wouldn’t be worried if a cat was stuck at the roof of a house because they have a nice grip and they can handle themselves and rescuing them, with their small size of a body wouldn’t cause much trouble. But what do you when a 10-year-old husky is stuck on the roof? Captain Jeff Nawfel, a firefighter, was in a similar dilemma recently.
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Footprints in the snow lead to an emotional rescue
"She stared at a single set of footprints in the snow ahead of her. She’d been following faint tracks in the snow all day but hadn’t given them much thought because so many people climb the Jewell Trail. She fixated on the tracks and realized they had been made by a pair of sneakers." By Ty Gagne.
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The young sisters who spent 44 hours in the woods survived on rain water and granola bars
Leia and Caroline Carrico, 8 and 5, went missing Friday when they wandered into the woods near their home. In a new interview with the "Today" show - their first since being rescued - the sisters detailed the 44-hour-ordeal. On Friday afternoon, the sisters asked their mom, Misty Carrico, if they could go for a walk in the woods. She said no - but they went anyway. "Leia wanted a little, tiny adventure, but I wanted more," said Caroline, the 5-year-old.
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Dog lost in hills rescued by helicopter
The Coastguard crew were on a training exercise when they spotted the dog on a narrow ledge above a steep drop.
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