
The Cave
The Inside Story of the Amazing Thai Cave Rescue
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Liam Cochrane
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Liam Cochrane
About this listen
The inside story of the secret plans and unsung heroes that helped a team of international experts pull off the dramatic Thai cave rescue.
Twelve boys and one coach; four kilometres of tunnels; one huge rescue effort.
When a team of soccer players from the Wild Boars Academy Football Club - a scrappy club of undocumented migrants and outcasts - became stranded behind rising water in a labyrinthine Thai cave system, they set in train a drama that would captivate the world.
Nine days later, still trapped in the dark without food, and with only water leaking through the walls to drink, their survival seemed unlikely. Yet against the odds a team of determined divers traversed floodwaters and narrow cave-ways to locate the boys - alive and hopeful. And so began one of the most daring rescues the world has seen.
ABC foreign correspondent Liam Cochrane was on the ground as the dramatic events unfolded. Using his local knowledge and firsthand connections, he puts us at the centre of the story, as we witness the boys' agonising wait, the divers' battle against muddy currents, the race to pump out flooded caves and the work of the often quirky international experts who flew in to help.
He also reveals unreported or little-known information about the families, the background politics, the near misses and tragedies, the burnout, the triumph and what the future holds for a bunch of children and their coach whose fun excursion after soccer practice turned suddenly deadly.
©2018 Liam Cochrane (P)2018 Bolinda Publishing Pty LtdListeners also enjoyed...
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