They're Alive!!!

anewme

Man U have invited them over as well, given that they miss the world cup

TheValeyard

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Maybe they could cast one or two Thai people in it?

Sure, we will always need extras.

acai berry

HappySerious wrote: »

Its fantastic news they are safe but considering they need a good while to recover they won't make it to Russia. Some other big game next year perhaps...be some cheer for them.

On Sky News, they're suggesting that there will be loads of invitations from large teams such as Man United, for the boys to travel there, at a later date.

GBX

anewme wrote: »

Man U have invited them over as well, given that they miss the world cup

While it will take a while for them to return to normal... the school and parents should not allow them travel and pile more misery on them by visiting Man U :pac:

irishrover99

https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/36880726_1646429885480404_5953817926392872960_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=56daa0156a1ff3207ea2f103ff37c130&oe=5BA47C23


Last four Navy Seals

https://www.facebook.com/ThaiSEAL/

acai berry

GBX wrote: »

While it will take a while for them to return to normal... the school and parents should not allow them travel and pile more misery on them by visiting Man U :pac:

LOLOL!

sabat

Great news; now maybe they can do something about the thousands of children they keep locked up in cages in concentration camps 23½ hours a day.



https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/09/01/two-years-no-moon/immigration-detention-children-thailand

ebbsy

Some people giving Musk a hammering, I think he did well to assemble something and get it over there.

In different circumstances it might have saved lives.

Great to hear the doc and seals are out by the way.

ebbsy

sabat wrote: »

Great news; now maybe they can do something about the thousands of children they keep locked up in cages in concentration camps 23½ hours a day.



https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/09/01/two-years-no-moon/immigration-detention-children-thailand

Thailand cannot afford refugees or illegals.

sabat

ebbsy wrote: »

Thailand cannot afford refugees or illegals.

You realise you just casually dismissed keeping children in cages for years with the standard line trotted out by the military junta? Think about it man...

irishrover99

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1016701887343521792

ebbsy

sabat wrote: »

You realise you just casually dismissed keeping children in cages for years with the standard line trotted out by the military junta? Think about it man...

Illegals should not bring their kids to Thailand. Whether its right or wrong they have a harsh policy in this regard. Boats are pushed back out to sea.

As I said, they c'ant afford these people.

Everybody knows the score already.

DEFTLEFTHAND

acai berry wrote: »

On Sky News, they're suggesting that there will be loads of invitations from large teams such as Man United, for the boys to travel there, at a later date.

Is 'Coach' invited too?

acai berry

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Is 'Coach' invited too?

No detail given regarding that.

theyoungchap

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Is 'Coach' invited too?

We don't know yet what this coach did in the 9 days to possibly save their lives. Give him a break......

riffmongous

ebbsy wrote: »

Thailand cannot afford refugees or illegals.

Sure but that's total bull****, their King has a net worth of $30-60 billion

http://www.france24.com/en/20170717-thailand-king-monarchy-military-junta-palace-wealth

Lackey

I cant understand posters who can take any story
Even this amazing rescue, and twist it into something bad, using it for an agenda that has nothing to do with it.
Musk
Putin
FIFA
And now immigration policies
WTF?
You just don't hear conversations like this In Real Life.

irishrover99

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Is 'Coach' invited too?

You would hope so.
Coach brought them in there on an adventure which went wrong so they had to venture further into the cave to save themselves.
It wasn't the plan to go that far.
The Kids families have forgiven him so everyone else should.

If Kids stay at home playing Ipads, people complain, if they adventure, people complain :mad::mad:

ebbsy

riffmongous wrote: »

Sure but that's total bull****, their King has a net worth of $30-60 billion

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

riffmongous

ebbsy wrote: »

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

?

wexie

Lackey wrote: »

I cant understand posters who can take any story
Even this amazing rescue, and twist it into something bad, using it for an agenda that has nothing to do with it.
Musk
Putin
FIFA
And now immigration policies
WTF?
You just don't hear conversations like this In Real Life.

Was thinking this earlier....

Yay a happy thread....aaaand it's gone

Neyite

irishrover99 wrote: »

You would hope so.
Coach brought them in there on an adventure which went wrong so they had to venture further into the cave to save themselves.
It wasn't the plan to go that far.
The Kids families have forgiven him so everyone else should.

I read elsewhere that he didn't bring them there but that they went themselves as part of their pre-game ritual. When the parents approached him after their children went missing and he realised where they went and went after them.

_Dara_

Lackey wrote: »

I cant understand posters who can take any story
Even this amazing rescue, and twist it into something bad, using it for an agenda that has nothing to do with it.
Musk
Putin
FIFA
And now immigration policies
WTF?
You just don't hear conversations like this In Real Life.

Really? You don’t? I’m surrounded by cynics in real life.

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acai berry

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Couldn't have said it better!

RIGOLO

It was great news and a great outcome, I hope everyone involved stays safe in the coming days on the clean up operation. There is still alot of work to be done with 4km of diving, caving, pumping equipment to be extracated as well as the above ground setup.

If it were'nt for World Cup match tonight, the RIGOLO family would be eating Thai, it will have to wait until lunch time tomorrow. All this talk of basil and pork has made me want a taste. 
Cant wait to hear the stories, please keep the thread open. Perhaps when the lads get back to their day-to-day jobs their colleagues might comment they aint been about the office for a bit, where you on holidays.. you could say that I went to Thailand , on a busmans holiday kind of thing. 

There are un-assuming heroes like the rescuers going about doing their jobs everyday of the week all over the world, obviously in this case they stepped it up a few levels. But it was a welcome change from the celebrity nonsense . 
Id hope it might make people reset their moral and 'values' compass a bit but thats probably too much of a stretch. Nonetheless  Im convinced there were plenty people inspired by this story, who will go out and be the next generation of rescuers and givers.

irishrover99

Neyite wrote: »

I read elsewhere that he didn't bring them there but that they went themselves as part of their pre-game ritual. When the parents approached him after their children went missing and he realised where they went and went after them.

I did see that but it was linked to Fox News so I completely disregarded it.

take everything

Great news.
And they didn't even have to get Sting to sing.

dr.fuzzenstein

irishrover99 wrote: »

I did see that but it was linked to Fox News so I completely disregarded it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il-22Q8mECc

Sorry, i just couldn't resist.

ebbsy

wexie wrote: »

Lackey wrote: »

I cant understand posters who can take any story
Even this amazing rescue, and twist it into something bad, using it for an agenda that has nothing to do with it.
Musk
Putin
FIFA
And now immigration policies
WTF?
You just don't hear conversations like this In Real Life.

Was thinking this earlier....

Yay a happy thread....aaaand it's gone

True

iamwhoiam

Absolute respect for every single person involved in the rescue . From divers to organisers , water pumpers , those who fed the rescuers and organised oxygen tanks , those who supported in any way
Its was an amazing well orgainised dignified fantastic rescue

TheValeyard

wexie wrote: »

Was thinking this earlier....

Yay a happy thread....aaaand it's gone

NO


You don't get to say that, and not use the pic!!!!!

Roger Hassenforder

Looks like some of the divers were using old equipmemt?

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/limerick-village-celebrates-local-man-who-donated-vital-equipment-used-in-thai-cave-rescue-854151.html

Yester

I've been following this for the last couple of weeks and I really thought it was going to end in disaster. Delighted that all are out safely. I admire the way they kept the media away from the rescue.

anewme

“Announcing the completion of the operation, rescue chief and Chiang Rai acting Governor Narongsak Osottanakorn praised the efforts of the international team, declaring that the success had been down to the 'POWER OF LOVE'.”

The World Cup 2018 will always be remembered for the team that never even played. But won the hearts of the World.

SirChenjin

SirChenjin wrote: »

I am in awe of those divers and all of those involved in the rescue effort. I can't even put into words how much I admire the courage and bravery of all, including the youngsters in the cave.

Sad of course, that one life has been lost - hoping against hope that all others emerge safely.

Just returning to thread to repeat this. I'm in awe of all involved.

sabat

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Nor do you get pontificated to by some 15 year old who thinks he is an expert in whatever he last read a wikipedia page on.

Online is full of the most disgusting, foul, psychopathic and pathetic beings who probably go round in real life pretending they are normal.

Believe it or not, I've actually been in that place I posted the picture from. The ridiculously aggressive reactions from posters seem to be because I'm ruining the buzz they're getting from this story, because that's all it really is to them at the end of the day-a TV movie of the week with a happy ending. If the children had drowned straight away we wouldn't even have heard about it or forgotten it soon after.
If you think I'm "disgusting foul psychopathic pathetic" for drawing attention to the plight of other children who need rescuing-after all from reading the thread one can only assume that this must the most empathetic group of humanists in Ireland-well maybe you need to look at yourself.

Jesus, will you just fuk off and make a new thread. You're poison.

Realt Dearg Sec

Right, nice story, time to unfollow...

_Dara_

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Will you relax the head? Such an overreaction.

I’m simply saying that when discussing this story with various people in real life, some cynicism crept in about various aspects at time. Namely, whether the coach was such a great guy or was he foolhardy and whether Musky was using this as a PR opportunity. Shall I pretend that didn’t happen?

You added in a lot of crap that neither I nor the person I responded to mentioned. Spelling and grammar corrections? What? Of course that doesn’t happen in spoken conversation.

That’s super and all that you know not of any cynics but I do and my life is no less rich because of it. Actually, I find that cynics help push critical thinking.

I also think that if you are encountering such negativity online all the time, you’re doing it wrong.

dr.fuzzenstein

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

Looks like some of the divers were using old equipmemt?

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/limerick-village-celebrates-local-man-who-donated-vital-equipment-used-in-thai-cave-rescue-854151.html

Interesting factoid. And it hurts me a little deep down inside when a newspaper says "oxygen tanks".
It's like a spokesperson for the Garda Traffic Corps saying " fasht lane".
As for diving equipment, the basic tank and regulator wouldn't have changed that much over the years? Happy to be corrected.

iamwhoiam

Someone asked last night and it set me wondering too .Do we know if the boys went into the cave by a different route of did they enter via the same narrow passages ? Or did they end up on that ledge by a wider route that then flooded ?

RIGOLO

Great report in the Guardian this morning .. .. you can read the full report below... but heres some excerpts... the more I hear the more my admiration grows for the operations complexity and human resolve. 
Over a 100 divers and rescuers spread along the 4km cave system to help the group move thru the cave, with 19 'elite' rescuers assigned to ferry the last group out . Shortly after the last group gets out, the pumps failed and water started rising with some people still up to 1.5km inside and they had to scramble out. 
Its still a good story, faith in humanity restored, and the thread just confirmed that judging by 90% of the comments. 

Divers and rescue workers were still more than 1.5km inside the cave clearing up equipment when the main pump failed, leading water levels to rapidly increase, three Australian divers involved in the operation told the Guardian on Wednesday, in the first detailed account of the mission to be published.
The trio, stationed at “chamber three”, a base inside the cave, said they heard screaming and saw a rush of head torches from deeper inside the tunnel as workers scrambled to reach dry ground.
“The screams started coming because the main pumps failed and the water started rising,” said one of the divers, speaking anonymously because he is not authorised to comment.
Six Australian police divers and one navy diver spent 75 hours in that cave, McEwen said, “moving approximately 20 tonnes of equipment through the caving system”.
The remaining 100 workers inside the cave frantically rushed to the exit and were out less than an hour later, including the last three Thai navy Seals and medic who had spent much of the past week keeping vigil with the trapped boys.
An elite team of 19 divers were involved in ferrying the boys and their 25-year-old coach the approximately 3.2km path from the muddy slope where they had been sheltering to the outside world.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/11/thailand-cave-rescue-water-pumps-failed-just-after-last-boy-escaped

Roger Hassenforder

Looks like we have one of the rescue heros in Ireland

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/meet-the-irish-based-cave-diver-who-risked-his-life-to-rescue-the-boys-in-thailand-854378.html


An Irish-based cave diver was part of the international team who helped rescue the 12 boys and their coach in Thailand yesterday.

Jim Warny from Belgium is a member of the Irish Cave Rescue Organisation and lives in Ennis, Co.Clare.

He flew out on Friday to assist in the mission after an appeal from Thai authorities.


I tip my hat to you sir

backspin.

Saman Kunan died during the rescue but he seems to be glossed over by much if the media.

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josip

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1016726784363020290

inforfun

That Dutch newspaper editor knew exactly what he was doing...

obi604

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Someone asked last night and it set me wondering too .Do we know if the boys went into the cave by a different route of did they enter via the same narrow passages ? Or did they end up on that ledge by a wider route that then flooded ?

Hi. I was wondering the same too.
Can anyone comment ?

josip

obi604 wrote: »

Hi. I was wondering the same too.
Can anyone comment ?

I'm not completely certain but all the media reports say the bikes and football gear were found at 'the entrance' so I believe there's only 1 entrance.

During the initial search they found their footprints at at least 1, possibly 2 locations along the 4km route, so again I think there was only 1 route to where they were.