the most high-profile cave rescues the world has seen. Twelve boys and their football coach had become trapped in a snaking system of caves in Thailand.
Myself and two other experienced British cave divers – Robert Harper and Richard Stanton – were flown out to assist in their rescue.Over the years I’d done a lot of cave diving.
But I was worried – it’s well known that cave rescues often don’t end well.None of the diagrams do the complexity of the Tham Luang cave justice.
Some stretches are more than 32ft high, while others are a narrow squeeze through water-filled passages. We undertook five separate dive trips before we found the boys.
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