(07-10-2018 06:43 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  The hero that gave his life trying to save those kids. He should be remembered and not forgotten.

Amen! It's amazing what honorable people will do in the name of service above self.

The video of them moving a boys through the caverns was amazing. How to stay calm for 8 hours is beyond me. Those Seals and boys are rock stars.

(07-10-2018 12:34 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  A medic and Thai navy SEALs who had stayed deep inside the mountain since the 13 missing males were found on July 2 also needed to navigate the narrow, water-logged passages in the cave complex. All successfully returned to the surface Tuesday.

“We have finished successfully something that nobody thought could be done,” Chiang Rai Gov. Narongsak Osottanakorn told a news conference after the operation was completed.

The boys vanished on June 23 with their 25-year-old coach after seasonal rains flooded the caverns and narrow passages, blocking their exit from the popular tourist destination. Nine days later, two expert cave divers found the trapped group.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/thai-...ed-n890106

Long time with no water and food?

There was no shortage of water.

The two British divers, who are considered the best in the world, look like bankers but are bad ass to the bone.

You have to have serious balls to do what they did / do.





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(07-10-2018 06:43 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  The hero that gave his life trying to save those kids. He should be remembered and not forgotten.

Seriously, (I’m not real good at this inter webs stuff) if there’s a gofundme thingy out there for this guy or of course his family, someone please post it.

All give some, some give all. This guys a true hero. Shame

(07-10-2018 09:04 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(07-10-2018 12:34 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  A medic and Thai navy SEALs who had stayed deep inside the mountain since the 13 missing males were found on July 2 also needed to navigate the narrow, water-logged passages in the cave complex. All successfully returned to the surface Tuesday.

“We have finished successfully something that nobody thought could be done,” Chiang Rai Gov. Narongsak Osottanakorn told a news conference after the operation was completed.

The boys vanished on June 23 with their 25-year-old coach after seasonal rains flooded the caverns and narrow passages, blocking their exit from the popular tourist destination. Nine days later, two expert cave divers found the trapped group.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/thai-...ed-n890106

Long time with no water and food?

There was no shortage of water.

Well, apparently it was runoff from above and muddy, near impossible to see through, like 4 feet.

So, water? Yes. Potable, swimmable without oxygen and fresh supplies on the journey? I don’t think so.

(07-11-2018 02:25 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(07-10-2018 09:04 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(07-10-2018 12:34 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  A medic and Thai navy SEALs who had stayed deep inside the mountain since the 13 missing males were found on July 2 also needed to navigate the narrow, water-logged passages in the cave complex. All successfully returned to the surface Tuesday.

“We have finished successfully something that nobody thought could be done,” Chiang Rai Gov. Narongsak Osottanakorn told a news conference after the operation was completed.

The boys vanished on June 23 with their 25-year-old coach after seasonal rains flooded the caverns and narrow passages, blocking their exit from the popular tourist destination. Nine days later, two expert cave divers found the trapped group.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/thai-...ed-n890106

Long time with no water and food?

There was no shortage of water.

Well, apparently it was runoff from above and muddy, near impossible to see through, like 4 feet.

So, water? Yes. Potable, swimmable without oxygen and fresh supplies on the journey? I don’t think so.

H and O are easily my fave elements....and when merged (H2O) become the compound that is req'd for life (as we know it) to exist.....

it giveth....yet, it can taketh.....

that man was a true hero for bravery and all that embodies the 'whole'.....

Pretty amazing story. Apparently the boys (and their coach) lost some weight but otherwise are doing well. It was rather stupid of them to start exploring the caves during monsoon season.

The whole story reminds me of Jessica McClure back in 1987 in Midland (the girl who fell into a deep well). Jessica is now 32 with two children.

Yes, Durbin is a fool.
And yes, they will make a movie of this Thai cave rescue. Apparently Scarlett Johannsen has already signed up to play one of the trapped boys (okay that part isn't true - stole that from someone's tweet).