13 Thais Missing during Caving Expedition

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fountainhall wrote: Fri Sep 27, 2019 2:23 pm I regret I have to ask - enough of what by whom?
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First trailer of film “The Cave”:

https://www.pattayaone.news/first-full- ... cue-movie/
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I saw the film at the London Film Festival.

The film does a brilliant job of telling the story (Thai bureaucracy doesn't get a good rap) and gives you an idea of the scale of the operation and just how much of an international effort it turned out to be - heartwarming in this day and age.

Because some of the actors are the actual people, some of the re-enacted scenes are slightly naff (ie they try to re-enact conversations they had but actually can't act so it comes across as a bit wooden).

At nearly two and a half hours, it never seemed long, quite the reverse. Highly recommended.
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It is hard to believe it has already been 2 years since this happened.
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Thailand marks two year anniversary of Tham Luang cave rescue of a young football team and their coach

By Adam Judd

Tuesday, 7 July 2020

CHIANG RAI – Twelve young footballers and their coach were trapped inside a cave system in Chiang Rai province two years ago, leading to an extraordinary rescue mission by an international rescue team. All 13 young footballers were eventually extracted from the dark and flooded cave, but with the loss of one of the early responders delivering oxygen, who unfortunately lost his life in the course of his brave mission.

A commemorative ceremony was held today at Tham Luang – Khun Nam Nang Non National Park in Chiang Rai, to pay the community’s respects to Lt Commander Saman Gunan, a former Royal Thai Navy diver who lost his life in the course of the rescue of the Moo Pa Academy football team and their coach, trapped inside Tham Luang cave system two years ago.

The ceremony started with an alms giving ceremony for 108 Buddhist monks, a worship ceremony at Chao Mae Nang Non shrine, a merit making ceremony for the spirit of Lt Commander Saman, and a traditional life prolonging rite for observers at this ceremony.

The ceremony was participated in by the Protected Area Regional Office 15 Director Kamolchai Kotcha, Mae Sai District Chief Prasong Lhaon, Tham Luang – Khun Nam Nang Non National Park chief Kawee Prasompol, officials from local government agencies, and villagers from Mae Sai and surrounding districts.

All the rescued footballers and their coach, as well as Mrs Waleeporn Gunan, the widow of the late Mr. Saman, also attended the ceremony.

A seminar sharing the strategy and experiences of those involved in the rescue mission also took place following religious ceremonies in the morning, along with a discussion on the development of Tham Luang as a learning center and lasting record of the incident, an extraordinary cave ecosystem, and speleological attraction of the future.

https://thepattayanews.com/2020/07/07/t ... eir-coach/
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This is a little off subject, but has anyone done that assertive course, whereby there are a dozen or so people who are in deep cave or deep hole in the ground and they can't get out, the water is slowly rising, so time is of the essence, and in the course you have to decide which person you would get out of the situation first and who would be the last person. A lot of assumptions are made. For instance, there might a doctor in the cave and you have to decide at which position he or she should be gotten out of the situation, first, last, in the middle, whatever.

Interesting, but I did laugh, because when I was doing this course, a person in the class, said "I'm not participating in this rubbish and walked out", he said, "it was a course derived from America and total rubbish", it was never going to happen. I did chuckle, I don't think the tutor knew where to put her face.

The moral of the this story is "it did happen". I wonder if they had the sense to use this technique in the Thai situation.
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Former Chiang Rai Governor Famous For Overseeing Thai Youth Soccer Team Cave Rescue Passes Away From Cancer

By Goongnang Suksawat

23 June 2023

The former Chiang Rai Governor who was famous for overseeing the dramatic cave rescue of a youth soccer team, Mr. Narongsak Osottanakorn, who was currently positioned as the Pathum Thani Governor, passed away from cancer at the age of 58.

He graduated with a master’s in Geodetic Science and Surveying from Ohio State University in the US.

Governor Narongsak is well-known after the rescue of 13 young footballers and their coach from a flooded cave in Chiang Rai five years ago in June. He was later transferred to serve as the governor of Phayao and Lamphang before moving to Pathum Thani.

Interior Permanent Secretary Suthipong Chulcharoen told the press on Wednesday (June 21st) that the Pathum Thani Governor Mr. Narongsak had been pronounced dead at Siriraj Hospital yesterday after he received treatment for colon cancer.

TPN media joins many in wishing his family and friends our sincerest condolences.

https://tpnnational.com/2023/06/23/form ... om-cancer/
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