Although the 13 youth football team members trapped in a large cave in Chiang Rai Province in northern Thailand have been found, they are not out of danger yet. How to rescue them as soon as possible is a big challenge. Due to the complex situation in the cave, the exhaustion of the trapped people, and the possibility of heavy rain in the area at any time, the water level in the cave will rise again, and the rescue operation may be a more difficult and protracted battle.
The trapped people are football players from a school in Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai Province. The team is called "Wild Boars". On the afternoon of June 23, a 25-year-old male coach led 12 team members aged 11 to 16 into an underground cave exploration known locally as "Sleeping Beauty Cave" (Tham Luang Nang Non, formerly translated as "Kaolong Cave"), but they After entering the cave, he did not come out. The large-scale search operation involving more than a thousand people lasted for many days, and finally a big breakthrough was made on the evening of Monday (2nd).
That night, two British divers swam to the "Pattaya Beach" rock hill where the missing person was originally expected to be, but could not find anyone, so they continued to search forward; at about 10:30, the divers went 400 meters deeper 13 people were found trapped in a high ground. It had been more than nine days and five hours since they lost contact and were discovered.
This group of people were conscious, but most of them seemed weak. They immediately asked for food when they saw the search and rescue personnel.
The search and rescue team sent people to dive back the next day to deliver food and medicine to them. Since they have not eaten for a long time, they are currently only suitable for absorbing high-calorie liquid nutrients that can quickly replenish their physical strength.
If it rains again, it will increase the difficulty of rescue.
The divers, including medical staff, initially checked and evaluated the physical conditions of all the rescued persons. Some people had abrasions, and doctors brought antibiotics and other medicines to prevent them from getting infected and inflamed.
After the people were found, the focus of the rescue operation was how to rescue them from the cave in the shortest possible time. Since they are located very deep, several kilometers away from the entrance of the cave, and the terrain inside the cave is complex, many passages are narrow, or the water is deep and full of silt, so the most ideal situation is to pump out the water in the cave and let it Trapped people come out.
After many days of less rain and continuous pumping, the water level in the cave has dropped a lot. The authorities are now turning on many water pumps and are mobilizing more pumps to the scene to drain the water in the cave as soon as possible. . However, according to the weather forecast, it may rain again at any time starting today.
Remenantes, a Belgian diver who assisted in the local rescue operation, said: "If the rainwater pours into the entire cave system, it may take several months before the water level starts to drop."
The best solution has not been found yet. Safety rescue plan
In addition to the above options, other methods considered by the authorities include letting the trapped people dive out, cutting a skylight at the top of the cave and lifting them out, etc., but these options are more dangerous.
Therefore, it is still difficult to say when these trapped people will be truly rescued.
Experts say they may have to stay in the cave for weeks, or even months, until rescue teams figure out the safest solution.
The Thai military is also fully prepared and plans to send them enough food to last four months.
Source: Lianhe Zaobao
Editor: Chen Hui
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