THAI volunteers are cooking mountains of food as rescuers free two of the 12 boys trapped in a cave with their teacher - exactly two weeks since a flash flood blocked their only escape route.
Hearty meat and vegetable dishes are being sizzled
Hearty meat and vegetable dishes are being sizzled in huge pots and pans by volunteers who have been cooking food non-stop in the midst of a dangerous rescue mission.
And with food no doubt being in the forefront of the malnourished children’s minds, cooks are rustling up huge dishes that are being sent underground to them to give them the energy for what could be an exhausting and eventful day.
"Today is D-Day," Narongsak Osottanakorn, head of the rescue mission, told reporters. "At 10 am today (0300 GMT) 13 foreign divers went in to extract the children along with 5 Thai navy Seals”.
Volunteers have been cooking food non-stop in the midst of a dangerous rescue mission
Two of the boys have been saved from the cave, with ambulances and helicopters for every child on standby.
The rescue mission began after rainshowers soaked the Tham Luang Cave area in northern Chiang Rai province for the past 24 hours, heightening the risks in what the governor has called a "war with water and time" to save the team.
The boys, aged between 11 and 16, went missing with their 25-year-old coach after soccer practice on June 23, setting out to explore the cave complex near the border with Myanmar.
Thai authorities have said they had a three to four day window to extract the boys from the cave before monsoon rain risks keeping them stranded until as late as January next year.
Thai authorities have said they had a three to four day window to extract the boys
An Australian doctor, who is part of Sunday's rescue mission, checked the health of the boys last night and gave the all clear for the rescue to proceed, Narongsak said.
To escape, the children must dive through dark, narrow passageways sometimes no more than two-feet wide, that have challenged some of the world's leading cave divers.
The boys will be wearing full face masks with 2 divers accompanying each child, and the groups will be guided by a rope.
A former Thai Navy diver called Saman Kunan tragically died last Friday during an overnight mission when he ran out of oxygen trying to rescue the collective, government officials confirmed.
He died inside the cave, with his death a reminder to those trying to help that maintaining the air supply inside the cave is a priority.
Hearty meat and vegetable dishes are being sizzled in huge pots and pans by volunteers who have been cooking food non-stop in the midst of a dangerous rescue mission.
And with food no doubt being in the forefront of the malnourished children’s minds, cooks are rustling up huge dishes that are being sent underground to them to give them the energy for what could be an exhausting and eventful day.
"Today is D-Day," Narongsak Osottanakorn, head of the rescue mission, told reporters. "At 10 am today (0300 GMT) 13 foreign divers went in to extract the children along with 5 Thai navy Seals”.
Two of the boys have been saved from the cave, with ambulances and helicopters for every child on standby.
The rescue mission began after rainshowers soaked the Tham Luang Cave area in northern Chiang Rai province for the past 24 hours, heightening the risks in what the governor has called a "war with water and time" to save the team.
The boys, aged between 11 and 16, went missing with their 25-year-old coach after soccer practice on June 23, setting out to explore the cave complex near the border with Myanmar.
Thai authorities have said they had a three to four day window to extract the boys from the cave before monsoon rain risks keeping them stranded until as late as January next year.
An Australian doctor, who is part of Sunday's rescue mission, checked the health of the boys last night and gave the all clear for the rescue to proceed, Narongsak said.
To escape, the children must dive through dark, narrow passageways sometimes no more than two-feet wide, that have challenged some of the world's leading cave divers.
The boys will be wearing full face masks with 2 divers accompanying each child, and the groups will be guided by a rope.
A former Thai Navy diver called Saman Kunan tragically died last Friday during an overnight mission when he ran out of oxygen trying to rescue the collective, government officials confirmed.
He died inside the cave, with his death a reminder to those trying to help that maintaining the air supply inside the cave is a priority.
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