THAM LUANG CAVES, THAILAND (METRO) – UPDATE: There are reports this morning that a boys soccer team trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand along with their coach have all been rescued.
The 12 boys and their coach got trapped by rising waters after they entered the cave on June 23rd.
Officials initially said the rescue could take months but dropping oxygen levels and more heavy rains in the forecast forced them to act now.
Rescuers have successfully brought several more boys out of a flooded cave in Thailand.
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Eleven boys are now being treated at a hospital.
The latest rescues mean only one more boy and a youth soccer coach remain in the cave in northern Thailand.
The rescue team commander says he hopes they’ll all make it out today along with a doctor and three Thai SEAL divers.
The 11- to 16-year-old boys and their 25-year-old coach got trapped by rising waters after they entered the cave on June 23rd.
Hospital staff says the boys who were brought out yesterday and Sunday are recovering and are healthy.
