![]() ![]() Official help came from Britain, the United States, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, China and Australia, a government document showed. The navy has a motto: ‘We don’t abandon the people’.” “For SEALs, this is what we were trained for. This mission was successful because of cooperation from everyone,” he said. The commander of the navy SEAL unit that oversaw the rescue, Rear Admiral Apakorn Yuukongkaew, hailed the international effort. He said falling oxygen levels inside the cave complex had added a sense of urgency to the rescue. They are children being children, it was an accident,” he said. ![]() “We don’t see the children as at fault or as heroes. Rescue mission chief Narongsak Osottanakorn told a news conference the boys were just being children when they got lost and no one was to blame. A former member of Thailand’s navy SEAL unit died during a mission in the cave on Friday. Getting them out - which involved teaching boys as young as 11 who were not strong swimmers to dive through narrow, submerged passages - proved a monumental challenge. They were lost for nine days before they were discovered by British divers on July 2. The group ventured into the vast cave complex in the northern province of Chiang Rai after soccer practice on June 23 and were trapped when a rainy season downpour flooded tunnels. “The best way is not to bother them and let them study.” Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha asked that the boys be given time and space to recover. Thongchai said one from the last group rescued on Tuesday had a lung infection and they were all given vaccinations for rabies and tetanus. ![]() Parents of the first four boys freed on Sunday have been able to visit them but had to wear protective suits and stand 2 metres (7 feet) away as a precaution. Most of the boys lost an average of 2 kg,” Thongchai Lertwilairattanapong, an inspector for Thailand’s health department, told reporters. The children were well taken care of in the cave. “From our assessment, they are in good condition and not stressed. They were taken by helicopter to a hospital about 70 km (45 miles) away to join their team mates in quarantine for the time being. ![]()
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