Thailand cave evacuation: Four more boys rescued by divers
Bangkok, July 9 (IBNS): One more boy trapped for over two weeks inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand was evacuated by rescuers on Monday, taking the total number of rescued in the difficult operation to eight, media reports said.
Four more boys and their football coach remain trapped inside the cave.
An eyewitness, who is part of the rescue operation, told CNN four more boys were carried out on Monday.
The four boys rescued from the cave in Thailand Monday were wearing full face diving masks while they were carried out of the cave to the make shift hospital nearby, an eyewitness who is part of the rescue operations stationed at the entrance of the cave told the American news channel.
Today is the second day of the rescue operation.
The rescued people are undergoing medical treatment at present.
"One of the major concerns is oxygen right now. They've been in an area where oxygen levels are low," Dr. Darria Long Gillespie of the University of Tennessee School of Medicine told CNN.
On Sunday, divers in northern Thailand had rescued four boys from the cave where they were trapped since June 23.
The rescue mission was paused overnight for air tanks to be replaced, media reports said.
The boys are members of the Wild Boar football team in Thailand.
They went missing since June 23 when heavy rains caused flooding in the caves, trapping them inside.
Divers found them alive last week.
The features inside of the cave are making the rescue operation tough as it involves both diving and climbing by rescue workers.
The news about the trapped team of 12 footballers and their coach first emerged last month.
The team had ventured inside the attraction while it was dry, but a heavy rainfall later inundated the area, making it difficult for the team to return back.
Following days of anxious waiting and searching, the team was found alive by British divers, more than a week later.
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