Prayer Alert: Young Thai Soccer Team, that Survived 10 Days in Cave, May Now be Forced to Swim 6 Hours to be Rescued

Will Maule : Jul 3, 2018
Faithwire.com

SEAL commander Rear Adm Arpakorn Yookongkaew noted that a team of seven SEAL divers are currently with the soccer team, providing medical care. A first meal is being prepared for the group to be sent down in sealed pouches, with the team having already received energy gel sachets and paracetamol.

[Faithwire.com] A team of 12 young soccer players who were discovered alive inside a flooded Thai cave remain in grave danger as rescue efforts continue to be hampered by poor weather conditions. The team was discovered by a combined rescue party of Thai Navy SEALS and volunteer divers Monday after spending ten days trapped in the perilous situation. (Screengrab image: Facebook/via Faithwire)

Now, however, it has been reported that the boys may have to learn to dive and make the treacherous swim to safety themselves as heavy rain is forecast.

Experts had initially said that the schoolboys may have to survive in the Thamg Luang cave network until the monsoon seasons ends in August. Now though, with the risk of fresh rainfall, the group may have to mount an escape sooner than expected. According to the Daily Mail, rescue teams have been pumping some 10,000 liters of water out of the caves every single hour—but this has only yielded a one-centimeter reduction in water level...

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