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Jul 9, 2018Rescue of trapped Thai boy’s soccer team in full swing

Rescue teams in northern Thailand were giving crash courses in swimming and diving as part of complex preparations to extract a young soccer team trapped in a cave, and hoping for a swift end to their harrowing ordeal.

Soldiers walk near the Tham Luang cave complex, as members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach have been found alive according to local media in the northern province of Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Boys from the under-16 soccer team trapped inside Tham Luang cave rest while covered in hypothermia blankets in Chiang Rai, Thailand REUTERS TV/REUTERS

Boys from the under-16 soccer team trapped inside Tham Luang cave receive treatment from a medic in Chiang Rai, Thailand REUTERS TV/REUTERS

Boys from the under-16 soccer team trapped inside Tham Luang cave covered in hypothermia blankets react to the camera in Chiang Rai, Thailand REUTERS TV/REUTERS

Boys from the under-16 soccer team trapped inside Tham Luang cave receive treatment from a medic in Chiang Rai, Thailand REUTERS TV/REUTERS

Soldiers and rescue workers carry aid supplies to the Tham Luang cave complex, as members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach have been reported by local media to be found alive, in Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

A family member talks on the phone near the Tham Luang cave complex, as members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach have been reported by local media to be found alive, in Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Family members are escorted by police on their way to enter the Tham Luang cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Rescue personnel work at the Tham Luang cave complex, as members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach have been found alive according to local media, in the northern province of Chiang Rai HANDOUT/REUTERS

Rescue personnel work at the Tham Luang cave complex, as members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach have been found alive according to local media, in the northern province of Chiang Rai HANDOUT/REUTERS

Rescue personnel work at the Tham Luang cave complex, as members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach have been found alive according to local media, in the northern province of Chiang Rai HANDOUT/REUTERS

Rescue personnel work at the Tham Luang cave complex, as members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach have been found alive according to local media, in the northern province of Chiang Rai HANDOUT/REUTERS

Famous Buddhist monk Kruba Boonchum exits Tham Luang cave complex in Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Soldiers and rescue workers walk past water pumped out of Tham Luang cave complex, where members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach have been found alive, in the northern province of Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Military personnel carry surface supply diving cables out from Tham Luang cave complex, as members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach have been found alive according to local media in the northern province of Chiang Rai ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/REUTERS

Military personnel gather as they prepare to go in to Tham Luang cave complex, as members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach have been found alive according to local media in the northern province of Chiang Rai ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/REUTERS

Military personnel carry a water pump machine as they enter the Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 boys and their soccer coach are trapped, in the northern province of Chiang Rai ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/REUTERS

An honour guard carries the coffin of Samarn Poonan, 38, a former member of Thailand's elite navy SEAL unit who died working to save 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a flooded cave, at Chiang Rai airport STRINGER/REUTERS

An honour guard hold up a picture of Samarn Kunan at an airport in Rayong province STRINGER/REUTERS

Thai divers gather before they enter to the Tham Luang cave in the northern province of Chiang Rai ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/REUTERS

Combination of photos shows handwritten messages written by boys and soccer coach trapped in Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai SOCIAL MEDIA/REUTERS

Combination of photos shows handwritten messages written by boys and soccer coach trapped in Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai SOCIAL MEDIA/REUTERS

Rescue workers and police stand near the Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach are trapped inside a flooded cave, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Volunteers deliver free food for rescue workers near the Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach are trapped inside a flooded cave, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Relatives, of the 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach trapped inside a flooded cave in the Tham Luang cave complex cook, for rescue workers and volunteers near the cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Rescue workers rest near Tham Luang cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Rescue workers rest inside Tham Luang cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai TYRONE SIU/REUTERS

Rescue workers rest inside Tham Luang cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai TYRONE SIU/REUTERS

Divers walk inside Tham Luang cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai TYRONE SIU/REUTERS

Ruamkatanyu Foundation rescuers are seen trying to find alternative entrance to the Tham Luang cave complex SOCIAL MEDIA/REUTERS

A butterfly stands on the mud outside Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach are trapped inside a flooded cave, in the northern province of Chiang Rai TYRONE SIU/REUTERS

Soliders walk near Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach are trapped inside a flooded cave, in the northern province of Chiang Rai TYRONE SIU/REUTERS

Journalists leave from the site of Tham Luang cave complex after Thailand's government instructed members of the media to move out urgently, in the northern province of Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Soldiers arrive outside the Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach are trapped inside a flooded cave, in the northern province of Chiang Rai TYRONE SIU/REUTERS

Rescue workers are seen near the Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach are trapped inside a flooded cave, in the northern province of Chiang Rai TYRONE SIU/REUTERS

A truck carrying oxygen tanks arrives outside the Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach are trapped inside a flooded cave, in the northern province of Chiang Rai TYRONE SIU/REUTERS

Ambulances are seen outside the Tham Luang cave complex after Thailand's government instructed members of the media to move out urgently, in the northern province of Chiang Rai TYRONE SIU/REUTERS

Ruamkatanyu Foundation rescuers are seen drillining ahead of the operation at the Tham Luang cave complex SOCIAL MEDIA/REUTERS

Ruamkatanyu Foundation rescuers are seen drillining ahead of the operation at the Tham Luang cave complex SOCIAL MEDIA/REUTERS

Ruamkatanyu Foundation rescuers are seen drillining ahead of the operation at the Tham Luang cave complex SOCIAL MEDIA/REUTERS

A general view shows helicopters expected to transport the schoolboys and their soccer coach who are trapped inside a flooded cave, in the northern province of Chiang Rai TYRONE SIU/REUTERS

Journalists film an ambulance believed to be carrying rescued schoolboys as it travels to a military helipad near Tham Luang cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Police officers block a road leading to Tham Luang cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

A military helicopter carrying rescued schoolboys lands at a military airport in the northern province of Chiang Rai ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/REUTERS

An ambulance carrying rescued schoolboys exits at a military airport in the northern province of Chiang Rai ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/REUTERS

An ambulance believed to be carrying rescued schoolboys travels to a military helipad near Tham Luang cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Chiang Rai province acting governor Narongsak Osatanakorn talks to journalist during a news conference near Tham Luang cave complex, in the northern province of Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Journalist are seen reporting near Tham Luang cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Policemen manage traffic near Tham Luang cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Classmates react after a teacher announces that some of the 12 schoolboys who were trapped inside a flooded cave, have been rescued, at Mae Sai Prasitsart school, in the northern province of Chiang Rai TYRONE SIU/REUTERS

Police officers stand as they block to rod of Tham Luang cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Cavers walks a road leading to the Tham Luang cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai SOE ZEYA TUN/REUTERS

Paramedics, believed to be carrying a boy who has been evacuated after being trapped inside a flooded cave, approach a helicopter in Chiang Rai SOCIAL MEDIA/REUTERS

An ambulance carrying rescued schoolboys travels to a hospital from a military airport in Chiang Rai ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/REUTERS

Rescued schoolboys are moved from a Royal Thai Police helicopter to an awaiting ambulance at a military airport in Chiang Rai ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/REUTERS

Schoolchildren pray for the schoolboys who are trapped inside a flooded cave in Thailand's northern province of Chiang Rai, at a school in Ahmedabad AMIT DAVE/REUTERS
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