BRITISH DIVER LOST CAVES FULL

He lost consciousness on his way out of the Tham Luang cave complex, where he had been. Should the authorities decide to wait, the 13 survivors would remain in the caves for months and continued supplies of food and assistance would be needed. Petty Officer Saman Gunan, 38, was a retired Thai navy diver who volunteered in the rescue efforts. However, experts warn that passing inexperienced divers through dangerous zero-visibility muddy corridors would be a very risky operation.

If rescuers want to take the children out before then, they will have to learn some basic diving skills. A boy answers: 'Oh, see you tomorrow'.ĭuring the rainy season, which lasts until September or October, the Tham Luang caves are regularly flooded. The divers tell them they have to wait, but they reassure the soccer team that other people will come back. The video of the first contact portrays the boys sitting on a ledge above the water, while they respond to rescuers complaining of hunger they ask how long they've been underground and if they can leave. However, the young people had moved away about 350 meters, as it was now submerged. Rescue teams hoped to find the boys on a raised overhang called 'Pattaya Beach'. They took advantage of a short window of good weather to advance underground, while the water level fell slowly and steadily, thanks to the continuous work of hydraulic pumps. The enormous effort of the rescuers was hindered for days by heavy rains that flooded the caves, blocking access to where they hoped to find the group alive. Rescuers include Thai marine divers, three British experts and US military personnel. More than 1,000 people have been involved, including teams from China, Myanmar, Laos and Australia. After being trapped for more than a week, two of the British divers, John Volanthen and Richard Stanton, managed to reach the boys, but the difficulty of how to. Last night, the governor of Chiang Rai Province announced that rescuers had found the football team (photo), at the end a miraculous rescue operation lasting nine days. This is what the Thai army says, while the attention of the rescuers has moved on to the difficult task of evacuating the group from the complex underground system, while waiting for the waters that have flooded it to retreat. And Sorenson who went in to rescue Bratchley didn't ask for pay, but British cave divers will cover the expenses of flying him in.Chiang Rai (AsiaNews / Agencies) - The twelve boys and their coach trapped in the Tham Luang caveshave been found alive and will receive food for four months and will be trained in diving, before being returned to their families. He was the rescuer and now he was having to be rescued.īut the ordeal has not deterred Bratchley or his friends as they are still in Tennessee exploring more caves.Īlmost all of the first responders were volunteers. There are only a handful in history,' said Sorenson.Īpparently, Bratchley was a bit embarrassed. 'Rescues are rare in a water-filled cave. It was quite a scene as first responders celebrated his successful rescue thanks in part to their efforts and to Bratchley never panicking during a 24-hour wait. 'He was mentally and physically prepared for something like this to happen,' said Woolbright.īratchley did emerge safely from the cave. If Bratchley was looking to test himself, this cave delivered.īased on what he told first responders- he was ready. chain chaos and a worldwide vinyl shortage means the annual event that once saved record shops from extinction has lost its way READ MORE Media. 'A lot of ups and downs and jagged rock turns.silty, low, low visibility.' A British cave diver branded sus and pedo guy by tech billionaire Elon Musk was left feeling humiliated, ashamed, dirtied, a court has heard. 'This is a really small, nasty cave,' said Edd Sorenson, the expert diver who went in to rescue Bratchley.

BRITISH DIVER LOST CAVES FULL

They told first responders other caves are often full of trash and Jackson County's are clean.īut Mill Pond is tricky, posing a challenge for experts like Bratchley, who we now know was part of the team that rescued the soccer team from a flooded cave last year in Thailand. 'They were using a guide rope that had been placed when this cave was mapped years ago by Tennessee Tech in Cookeville,' said Derek Woolbright with Jackson County EMA.īut there are other caves throughout middle Tennessee. What's not so clear: How did they knew about the Mill Pond Cave? After all, it sits on private land in the Flynn's Lick Community and few locals even know it exists.īut Josh Bratchley and his friends went in knowing the cave had been explored before. Many have wondered how do five British divers end up in Jackson County? He and his four friends from England say they plan to finish their vacation in Tennessee. (WTVF) - One day after his rescue from a watery cavern, a British cave diver is back underground.

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