now there was a growing urgency about a rescue. we know it happened over three successive days. sunday, monday, tuesday july 8, 9 and 10. thai navy s.e.a.l.s have released footage of it. the boys carried out on so-called political takmilitary wrapped in foil the last mile or so. we glimpsed a face here and there. each boy regularly clicked on t check on the way out by doctors. but the most daring part of the rescue happened off camera in the submerged part of the cave system. these divers, you know, they went in on three consecutive days. that is tough. you know, four, five, six hours each time. you know, in not so nice conditions. but super human. reporter: we know the boys
stretchers wrapped in foil the last mile or so. we glimpsed a face here and there. each boy regularly checked on the way out by doctors. but the most dramatic and daring part of the rescue happened off camera in this submerged part of the cave system. these divers, you know, they went in on three consecutive days. that s tough. you know, four be, five, six hours each time. you know, in not so nice conditions. but superhuman. we know the boys were sedated in some way. an australian cave diver dr. richard harris was part of the too many. he is an anecessa.
reporter: for the first time we re getting a look at what s being described by navy s.e.a.l.s in thailand as the operation the world will never forget. this video just released showing the s.e.a.l.s preparing to begin their diving mission into the cave system to rescue the 12 soccer players and their coach. water up to their chests as they prepare to scuba into the murky cave waters. you can see the guide wires that have been set up, the divers holding on to them. starting their voyage in the dark. the new video illustrating the excruciatingly narrow tunnels that must be navigated. tunnels that could become deadly at any time if portions of the waterlogged cave collapsed and boulders or rocks fall down. major charles hodges, the mission k345r7bd of the u.s. air force unit involved in the rescue operation, says nothing like this had ever been done. we understood that there was no other option. working with the thai, we realized they had gone through the decision matrix the right way
the entire dive you re basically from 2.5 kilometers or so to the back there s zero visibility on the way out. you re following the line with your hands and basically might have your eyes closed the whole trip. reporter: the boys were each strapped to two divers. it s grueling work for the divers securing the boys on the stretchers when they were on dry ground, covering them with silver thermal blankets and carrying them through that zero visibility through the cave system, swimming through the water, walking through the water, at all times being careful not to trip on jagged rocks in the cave which could lead to disaster in the dark waters with the tricky current. but the mission to rescue the boys and their coach is a success. and now the boys are in the hospital, in face masks but in
very much for following the story for us. now they had prayed and hoped for weeks that this day would come the parents of the boys rescued from a flooded cave system in thailand finally visited their sons in the hospital for the first time but they were only allowed to see them through a glass window the twelve members of the wild boars football team and their coach are in good shape after their ordeal but doctors say they were immune systems could still be compromised happy and relatively well after a two and a half week all deal in a flooded cave now recovering in hospital the doctors say they ll be under observation for ten days and then resting at home for another month with only water from the caves was to drink the boys are underweight and exhausted they are being kept in quarantine because there s still a danger of infection. the relief is overwhelming