Bangkok Post
Treacherous rescue still awaits Laos cave survivors
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Rescuers say they are elated to have found survivors who have been trapped in a flooded cave in Laos for a week but caution that it will be difficult to extract them.
Key facts
- Rescuers say they are elated to have found survivors who have been trapped in a flooded cave in Laos for a week but caution that it will be difficult to extract them.
- Five people were found alive on Wednesday afternoon and rescuers are searching for two others who remain missing.
- The two divers, and Metta Tham Rescue, were also involved in the successful 2018 rescue of members of the Wild Boars youth football team who were trapped in a cave in Chiang Rai in northern Thailand for 18 days after it flooded.
- Rescuers said around 4.30pm local time that they had reached five of them who were trapped about 300 metres from the cave’s entrance.
Summary
Five people were found alive on Wednesday afternoon and rescuers are searching for two others who remain missing.
The group of seven, who entered the cave in search of gold, were stranded after torrential rain flooded the cave and blocked the entrance with gravel and dirt. Rescuers said around 4.30pm local time that they had reached five of them who were trapped about 300 metres from the cave’s entrance.