THAILAND CAVE RESCUE NEARLY FAILED
RESCUE leaders have revealed just how touch and go the mission was as the boys sitting on a tiny ledge started becoming drowsy as oxygen levels fell, with fears they would slip into comas.
As Hollywood circles offering “serious money” for insider accounts of the cave rescue, with a heavy focus on Australian doctor Richard Harris, the Australian Federal Police in Thailand said they have been fielding steady offers from producers but pointed out that they are not a film agency.
No matter how Hollywood portrays the rescue, they will have trouble matching the drama and emotion of what has played out in Chiang Rai.
Rear admiral Apakorn Youkongkaew, head of Naval Special Warfare Command, said that when they realised time was running out for the Wild Boars, who had already been found but were becoming weak and distressed, they turned to their international partners.
“Oxygen was decreasing and the kids were becoming drowsy,” Apakorn said. “What will we do? We had such time constraints. Finally, we got a plan from the international divers. I’m so glad. We approved it.”
The final plan involved placing hundreds oxygen cylinders and a guide rope along the route — and just going for it.
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As Hollywood circles offering “serious money” for insider accounts of the cave rescue, with a heavy focus on Australian doctor Richard Harris, the Australian Federal Police in Thailand said they have been fielding steady offers from producers but pointed out that they are not a film agency.
No matter how Hollywood portrays the rescue, they will have trouble matching the drama and emotion of what has played out in Chiang Rai.
Rear admiral Apakorn Youkongkaew, head of Naval Special Warfare Command, said that when they realised time was running out for the Wild Boars, who had already been found but were becoming weak and distressed, they turned to their international partners.
“Oxygen was decreasing and the kids were becoming drowsy,” Apakorn said. “What will we do? We had such time constraints. Finally, we got a plan from the international divers. I’m so glad. We approved it.”
The final plan involved placing hundreds oxygen cylinders and a guide rope along the route — and just going for it.
MORE: Why T