An ambulance with its emergency lights flashing left the site of a flooded cave in northern Thailand on Monday afternoon where a youth football team has been trapped for two weeks.
Hours after the second phase of a rescue operation was launched, the ambulance drove towards a helipad, where a helicopter was seen taking off shortly afterwards to the cheers of the crowd below.
The same process was used for at least one of the four boys rescued in the first attempt at getting the twelve boys and their coach out of the underground Tham Luang Nang Non complex in Chiang Rai province.
Bryan Kaui-Pai, who helps lead Grace Bangkok Church in the capital of the country, told Premier News Hour the nation rejoices as each child is rescued.
“When they were found it was almost like a big sigh of relief as a country,” he said.
“It’s like ‘wow they’re still alive, all of them are still alive. Wow.'”
Authorities have been rushing to extract the boys, aged 11-16, and their coach from the cave as the annual monsoon bears down on the mountainous region in far northern province.
Eight people remained trapped in the cave, including the team’s coach, as of Monday afternoon.
Workers have been labouring round the clock to pump water out of the cave, and authorities said heavy downpours overnight did…
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