Negotiations. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is monday, july 9th. It is 3 00 p. M. In thailand. Breaking news. Rescue operations have resumed in thailand. Divers reentering the underground cave where eight boys and the soccer coach remain stuck for the 17th day. Four boys evacuated sunday are in good health. Rescue teams are running out of time. Mission complicated by the forecast of heavy rains. We have ivan watson near the cave with the latest. Ivan, good morning. Reporter good morning, debate covera good morning, dave and christine. A second day of rescue operations are under way deep in the mountain behind me in the cave complex there where the soccer team has been trapped for more than two weeks. We dont know how many remaining eight boys and 25yearold coach that the rescuers are trying to pull out today. As you mentioned, four were rescued last night and choppered to hospital in the provincial capital to review health risks with the immune levels
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The government of thailand to help get all the children out of the cave and to safety. Very brave and talented people. Arthel jeff hall is on the ground with breaking developments. What can you tell us . Reporter the big concern is the rain. Its pouring here tonight in mae sai, thailand. The local governor got on tv and gave out a few tidbits and information. He said he can confirm four of the 12 players have been rescued. They were taken straight to the hospital for medical care. He mentioned all of the oxygen tanks along the route used in the operation were used during that trip out of the cave. So lots of resources. Rescue crews need 10 hours to repair for the next trip to get the other players out of there. It took 7 hours 40 minutes to get the first boys out of the cave. They were anticipating it could take 11 hours. It seems the operation with International Divers and local thai divers is running smoothly. All we need is to get them back out there and see who else they can get ou
Time had on the home free glad you could join me officials aid thailand say theyve managed to get four boys out from a flooded cave after they spent more than two weeks on the ground a team of International Dive a spent ten hours leading the children to safety but have now paused operations overnight eight more boys and their twenty five year old soccer coach remain stranded at the local governor hailed the first stage of the rescue effort as a success. Sixteen days today is the day weve been waiting for we are seeing the wild boars in the flesh. Its the outcome the world has been hoping and praying for the first voice from the soccer team called the wild was extracted safely from the cave and on their way by helicopter and ambulance to hospital. After days of preparation expert foreign divers and members of the time navys elite seal unit launched a daring and Dangerous Mission to rescue the youngsters and their coach the hazardous nature of the operation highlighted by the death of a
If youre joining us from around the world, thank you for joining us. Im victor blackwell. Im Diane Gallagher in for christi paul this sunday. Breaking news. The operation to save the 12 boys and their coach, they have been stuck in a cave in thailand for more than two weeks. That rescue mission now under way. A local governor calling this dday. The highrisk mission starting just hours ago around 11 00 p. M. Eastern time so about eight hours at this point. Officials say that it should take about six hours for the skilled divers to reach the boys and then another five hours to exit. This entire operation, though, could take two to three days as the boys are being rescued onebyone. The monsoon rains will intensify over the next week. Translator yesterday, the water level was the lowest. And, today . The water level in chambers number one, two, and three, inside the cave is low enough to walk through them. The water of some parts recedes as much as 30 centimeters and considered the lowest