Crowd Gathers to Congratulate Foreign Divers and Thai Navy SEALs After Cave Rescue
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A crowd of supporters gathered to greet a team of divers on Tuesday, July 10, after they successfully freed a youth soccer team and their coach from a flooded cave in Thailand’s Chiang Rai province.This video captured by an eyewitness shows members of the rescue team cheering after a group of foreign divers and Thai Navy divers re-emerged from the cave in Tham Luang.The 12 boys and their coach were gradually rescued over a series of days after being trapped in the cave since June 23. The final five victims were rescued on July 10, the Bangkok Post reported, after divers first discovered them on July 2. One former Thai Navy SEAL, Saman Gunan, died during the rescue operation on Friday, July 6, after running out of oxygen. Credit: Sripattra Junsaengsook via Storyful
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