26 Feb 2022

British divers share gripping details of Thai Cave rescue

From Saturday Morning, 9:06 am on 26 February 2022

In 2018, the whole world was captivated by the story of Wild Boar football team that had gone missing in Thailand. The 12 young footballers and their coach were missing for nine days before they were discovered deep within a flooded cave system, where they had been trapped without food or clean water. 

Civilian cave divers Rick Stanton and John Volanthen were the first people to find the team alive and well, after diving further into the Tham Luang cave than anyone had managed before. 

The incredible story is now told in the BAFTA-nominated documentary The Rescue, now screening on National Geographic. 

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