Thailand-Missing Footballers/Rescue
Chiang Rai, Thailand - June 26, 2018 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Rescue command center
2. Rescuers
3. Various of relatives of the missing
4. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Kham Chantawong, aunt, missing coach:
"He took very good care of the kids. They all got on very well together. The children never fought or even cursed at each other."
5. Muddy road, vehicles
6. Various of rescuers, vehicles, muddy road
7. Various of oxygen tanks
8. Cave expert Vern Unsworth talking with military rescuers
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Vern Unsworth, cave expert:
"If they're in the right place they can survive for 5-6 days. But the water now, the floodwater, is getting higher and higher, so there will be a point in time where this cave here, even the entrance will close."
10. Rescuers at riverside
11. Various of pumping water
12. Various of military rescuers walking on muddy road
13. Various of military rescuers carrying supplies
Divers are searching for the 12 teenager footballers and their coach trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand.
On Tuesday, the fourth day following the incident, more search and rescue teams went into the cave, fully equipped to dive in what is now deep water.
The large-scale search and rescue efforts launched by the Thai government have been hampered by heavy rain which is causing water levels in the cave to rise quickly.
It is a long and tortuous wait for parents and relatives of the 12 boys trapped inside the caves. For some it was simply too much while others waited stoically in the rain.
Kham Chantawong, aunt of the coach named Aek, said the 25-year-old had only been inside the cave once in the last few years. But she was sure he would do anything to protect his players.
"He took very good care of the kids. They all got on very well together. The children never fought or even cursed at each other,” she said.
The rescue site is swarming with people. The plight of the thirteen has attracted huge attention in Thailand, and around the world. But the conditions aren’t helping their cause.
Apart from an abandoned phone and a pair of shoes, no signs of life have been found.
British cave expert Vern Unsworth knows this cave intimately and has been advising the rescue teams. He has already been inside twice.
"If they're in the right place they can survive for 5-6 days. But the water now, the floodwater, is getting higher and higher, so there will be a point in time where this cave here, even the entrance will close," said Unsworth.
Further down the mountain, a desperate attempt is going on to pump water out of a lake, to allow the caves to drain. But in the heavy rain, it was having little impact.
And as day four draws to a close, the army sent in an extra thousand troops to add their support.
Thailand-Missing Footballers/Rescue
Dateline : June 26, 2018
Location : Thailand
Duration : 2'11
Chiang Rai, Thailand - June 26, 2018 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Rescue command center
2. Rescuers
3. Various of relatives of the missing
4. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Kham Chantawong, aunt, missing coach:
"He took very good care of the kids. They all got on very well together. The children never fought or even cursed at each other."
5. Muddy road, vehicles
6. Various of rescuers, vehicles, muddy road
7. Various of oxygen tanks
8. Cave expert Vern Unsworth talking with military rescuers
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Vern Unsworth, cave expert:
"If they're in the right place they can survive for 5-6 days. But the water now, the floodwater, is getting higher and higher, so there will be a point in time where this cave here, even the entrance will close."
10. Rescuers at riverside
11. Various of pumping water
12. Various of military rescuers walking on muddy road
13. Various of military rescuers carrying supplies
Divers are searching for the 12 teenager footballers and their coach trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand.
On Tuesday, the fourth day following the incident, more search and rescue teams went into the cave, fully equipped to dive in what is now deep water.
The large-scale search and rescue efforts launched by the Thai government have been hampered by heavy rain which is causing water levels in the cave to rise quickly.
It is a long and tortuous wait for parents and relatives of the 12 boys trapped inside the caves. For some it was simply too much while others waited stoically in the rain.
Kham Chantawong, aunt of the coach named Aek, said the 25-year-old had only been inside the cave once in the last few years. But she was sure he would do anything to protect his players.
"He took very good care of the kids. They all got on very well together. The children never fought or even cursed at each other,” she said.
The rescue site is swarming with people. The plight of the thirteen has attracted huge attention in Thailand, and around the world. But the conditions aren’t helping their cause.
Apart from an abandoned phone and a pair of shoes, no signs of life have been found.
British cave expert Vern Unsworth knows this cave intimately and has been advising the rescue teams. He has already been inside twice.
"If they're in the right place they can survive for 5-6 days. But the water now, the floodwater, is getting higher and higher, so there will be a point in time where this cave here, even the entrance will close," said Unsworth.
Further down the mountain, a desperate attempt is going on to pump water out of a lake, to allow the caves to drain. But in the heavy rain, it was having little impact.
And as day four draws to a close, the army sent in an extra thousand troops to add their support.
ID : 8084028
Published : 2018-06-27 05:06
Last Modified : 2018-06-27 17:29:00
Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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