Posted on 07/10/2018 9:37:25 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
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We will never know, but I would bet that American Navy Seals were there and were the reason the rescue succeeded.
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That is what I suspect, as well. As soon as the news said something about the divers from other nations, I said to my husband that I was betting they were Americans.
When it needs doing call in the USA. These British guys are, I am sure, excellent, as well.
He just got it up:
Yes, praise God for this. God bless these men as well, and if they don’t know him, I pray they find him very soon.
You are silly. It was these men in the article.
I’ve firsthand experience with seals overseas. I’d rather stick with rangers and delta, at least they can do their job.
That’s a great video, the 43 second shot from the Brit divers that found them. “People are coming for you. Many people. Many, many people.”
> I doubt these guys came from the “juice box and a participation ribbon” generation.
My kids are in that generation. And we have plenty to gripe/worry about (my parents probably thought the same). But there are a lot of spectacular humans in that generation too. Things look bad in the news, but I’ve met enough to feel pretty good about the future.
News and social media are skewed very heavily toward those in safe spaces - either to highlight their “complaints” or make fun of them. But there are more than enough great ones to rescue kids trapped in a cave 10-15 years from now. You can bet that the last (and next and next) class of US Navy SEALS will be willing to risk their life to save those kids - and able to do it.
Awesome lady. People don’t understand this. Even WW2 couldn’t of been been won without the ladies. Who was keeping the logistics etc going? They were. All this talk of equality and people forget good ol fashioned teamwork.
I would like to know who made all the executive decisions. This is a case study in crisis management.
I'd like to know that myself. Considering the flood of help from countless uncoordinated sources, a very tentative knowledge of location, time ticking on both oxygen and weather, and an evacuation that nobody had ever done before, this was an absolute masterpiece.
He was positioning compressed air tanks and came to a section where there was no water. He made the fatal mistake of removing his regulator, there was not enough oxygen to sustain him.
“There were Americans on the scene though at the rescue site.”
For sure. And, they probably have already quietly left and are on their way back to their units.
Below is a link to a good background article from a mainstream paper in Perth, Australia. They say that the 25-year old assistant coach went in after the boys the day they went missing!? But if so - did he not tell anybody he was going in? Brave if he did so, but foolish for not telling anybody.
Although he is still fairly young, and maybe he thought if he could just get the boys out, the boys wouldn’t get in trouble from their parents? Or maybe he knew of their plans, thought it was foolish but didn’t stop them.
“Family members raised the alarm later that day. Where were they?
Their parents’ concern drove their coach 25-year-old Ekapol Jantawong, a stateless orphan who shared their love of football, to the cave. Near the entrance, he found their bikes, a discovery that meant he had to go deep inside to try to locate them and bring them back.”
It is said he went quite a way into the cave entrance to locate the boys when a flash flood caused he and the boys to scramble for cover. This was how they ended up miles from the entrance deep in the cave as they were running from the flood waters.
The cave was a well-known spot with a large opening that went on for quite a ways and with a mini-temple and lights at the entrance. It is said to be a favorite spot for kids to meet and in this case, the team members rode their bikes there, entered the cave entrance to get out of the rainstorm. As the rain increased outside, they apparently played inside and went deeper into the entrance where the overhead was quite high. As the flood came, the boys did not know hot swim and climbed up the sloped sides to be free from the water. Apparently, this led to them going into smaller passages to away from the rising waters,
They ended up trapped miles into the cave as they ran from the flood.
The 25yold assistant coach took them there, they didn’t go there to play. It was the 29 yr old head coach who alerted authorities when he found the bikes at the entrance.
““Where do we get such men” - “The Bridges of Toko Ri (James Michener) ”
Well, this has the makings of a good movie for sure. Just hope it’s not done on the cheap. And, good talent is used.
“I would like to know who made all the executive decisions.”
Not sure if this is what you mean, but there was one man who ran the show. Can’t even begin to give his name — too long, and foreign.
I hope this information changes the minds of so many FReepers who were ready to crucify the coach at the beginning.
Very nice Hostage...
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