Thai Cave kids | All 12 boys and coach rescued from cave | visiting United

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Everyone out including all rescue crew.

Totally amazing that they got all 13 out alive. Many people connected with the rescue deserve a great deal of praise.
 

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Everyone out including all rescue crew.

Totally amazing that they got all 13 out alive. Many people connected with the rescue deserve a great deal of praise.
Not just praise but I've always felt that these are the type of people in the world who should be rich. I still can't believe they got everyone out alive. Goes to show how much we can achieve in this world if everyone worked together.
 

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Just incredible. Given the logistical nightmare of the operation, the complexities around the uniqueness.. just wow. Cant imagine what it must have been like to be the kids, or the coach, or the rescuers!

Immense respect for everyone involved.
 

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I actually really hope they make a good documentary out of this. I would love to know the whole logistics of the operation and what happened behind the scenes.
 

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Great work by the rescue team in getting them out. Hopefully all the remaining divers/doctor/etc all get out safely as well.

Hard to say this is a happy ending though, with the diver that died earlier on.
 

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What an unbelievable achievement. All those divers are heroes.
To pull this off with only one casualty (which is bad enough) is amazing.

If they can’t make it to the final, the winning team should definitely visit them. With the cup, of course.
 

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Hooyah!

I actually really hope they make a good documentary out of this. I would love to know the whole logistics of the operation and what happened behind the scenes.
Me too. Can't wait to know more about the entire thing, right from the start of the expedition by the kids and the coach.
 

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Next stop: World Cup final :devil:
Doctors have already said that will be too soon for them.

United have sent out a tweet inviting the team to OT though. Commentators are already licking their lips at all the dive puns they could make.
 

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Doctors have already said that will be too soon for them.

United have sent out a tweet inviting the team to OT though.
Aw damn. We’ll they’ll probably get to watch it in a great envrionment with nice TVs, and all the food and drinks they could want.
 

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Brilliant news. Shame that an elite diver gave his life for this.
 

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Doctors have already said that will be too soon for them.

United have sent out a tweet inviting the team to OT though. Commentators are already licking their lips at all the dive puns they could make.
And if we have to make a comeback win too (digging out of a hole etc)


 

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The president of the Portuguese League will invite the kids to see the final of the Portuguese League Cup next year...

Really, a competition not even Portuguese fans care about. The kids would be the ones doing him a favour, as it would raise the profile of the cup.

Utter stupidity.
 

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Musk showing up towards the end akin to Gazza when his pal Moaty was in a stand-off.
 

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Special mention to brave ex-navy diver Saman Gunan who lost his life while coming back after delivering air tanks to the trapped kids. Initially the plan was to let the water levels come down and then attempt a rescue. This could have taken as long as 4 months. But the sudden death of the ex-navy diver brought more notice on the dipping oxygen levels in the cave and possibly, fastened the rescue process.
 

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Lad in the England top is gonna have a hard time not fainting when he hears what's been going on.
 

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Thank God! So happy for them. Hope they'll be strong enough to make the trip to Moscow.
They would need to be quarantined first, which is understandable. They also need to be slowly nursed back to health first.
 

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Wow, what an amazing feat, the people involved are truly inspirational.

They planned it absolutely perfectly, especially when there was reports of leaving them in there during monsoon season, they'll now see out the monsoon season safe and in a comfortable environment.