The Incredible Thai Cave Rescue

Anesthesiologist and diver combo is absolutely insane talk about the right man at the right place .

Imagine being that one guy with the skillset of being both an anaesthesiogist and an expert cave diver with decades of experience and getting that call. Absolutely crazy rescue.

Imagine how lucky the one kid felt when he went home early

The stars truly aligned for these boys. It's insane to think about how they barely avoided death. The man who was an anesthesiologist and an experienced cave diver, who was just so happened to be friends with the cave diver who just so happened to be there during the incident, who just so happenedto have explored that cave extensively enough to be able to map it. And that team was only pointed to that cave, because ONE team member got picked up by their mom.

Here is a good example of why good CGI is necessary in depicting these kinds of stories. I must have watched hours of news and footage of this rescue. I had absolutely no idea it was this mind-numbingly difficult. The guys who gave and risked their lives, the Brits who kept going knowing they had no way back if they didn't find an air pocket, are beyond brave! The word hero is thrown around a lot these days, but if these guys aren't heroes, idk who is!

I remember when this happened but had no idea how crazy the actual rescue efforts were

I just realized... that one momma's boy saved their lives. If he had gone with them, there would have been no one that knew when they had gone.

The combination of being an anesthesiologist plus being a seasoned diver...holy mother....he was born for this day literally

To anyone who knows cave diving, the levels these guys went to to save these boys is absolutely above and beyond. "Swimming against the current, dragging ourselves along the sand with our hands" is absolute insanity. In cave diving, spatial skills and maintaining your orientation and visibility is critical. Dragging themselves like that in an already murky current must've kicked up an incredible amount of silt. Meaning these two civilian chads were already in passages with no visibility and also basically manufacturing the exact silt storm conditions which KILL most cave divers, intentionally, just to try to save people they'd never met. Absolutely incredible willpower, calm under pressure, and plenty of pure skill. Just crazy.

I had no idea the rescue was so incredibly complex. If this was in a movie, people would think that it was too unrealistic. This has to be one of the most impressive things ever accomplished by humans.

I cry ugly when I hear that desperate "thank you" from one of the boys when they found. Could not imagine the feeling of fear and gratitude he has at that time.

Seeing the poor boys waiting for someone to come get them broke me completely. They looked so helpless, stressed, lifeless...I bawled my eyes, my heart could not take it. I am so glad they were all rescued by a marvellous team.

The quote “came with a price” was so incredibly powerful. Rest in peace to the two navy seals who passed away for the boys. You are truly unbelievable heroes.

Imagine what these kids and their coach went through. They were stuck in this cave system for 10 days, having lost all sense of time and slowly losing hope to even survive in the first place, only for a diver from England to show up and lead the team to rescue them. It's incredible that those first moments were caught on camera, it sent shivers down my spine to see that footage. Incredible respect for the Thai navy seals, the foreign rescue efforts, and of course the two heroes who gave their lives in aiding the rescue.

Sadly one of the boys killed himself at school in UK a few years later at the age of 17 years. Duangphet Phromthep, the captain of the Thai football team turned 13 while trapped in the cave. He was found unconscious at Brooke House College in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, on 12 February and died two days later at Kettering General Hospital. Following an inquest into the 17-year-old's death, a senior coroner recorded a conclusion of suicide. It could not have been foreseen or prevented as he was not known to mental health services, and it is not known why he took the actions that he did. The police investigation has found no evidence of third-party involvement or suspicious circumstances.

I'm genuinely tearing up because this has been one of the most heartwarming stories I've read in a while.

As an anesthesiologist, I can't believe this went off without a hitch. I know there were no other options but the amount of things that needed to go perfectly right so many times is incredible

If someone made this rescue into a 4.5 hour movie I'd watch that twice. This is absolute insanity, imagine being that ONE GUY who's an anesthesiologist AND cave diver who just so happens to have a ton of experience with that specific cave. Just unreal

All the rescue team should get recognised forever. Such a brave task.

I love the togetherness and selflessness of all those helpers daring to do this crazy rescue-mission.