Thai cave rescue News
The occasion was broadcast live on Facebook by local authorities and starts a process whereby the boys will live for nine days in a Buddhist temple.
The cave where 12 boys and their football coach were trapped is likely to be "major attraction" for Thailand.
FIFA had invited the boys to Sunday’s World Cup final although the world organising body said that due to medical reasons the boys would not be in a position to travel to the game, although they would invite them to an event in the future.
Scott has been doing research in the rescue areas for several days.
The rescue operations culminated on Tuesday when the last four children and the coach were successfully taken out of the cave.
The divers and rescue team was still more than 1.5 km inside the cave when the main pump failed.
All 12 boys and the football coach who had been stranded in the Thai cave have been rescued, Thai Navy SEALS have said. The 12 boys and their soccer coach were trapped for more than two weeks.
Eight of the boys were brought out on stretchers over the first two days - four on Sunday and four on Monday.
Sudarshan Pattnaik used five tons of sand for his 'Thai Cave Rescue' creation and it took him three hours to complete the 4 ft high piece of art.
The third phase of an operation to rescue four remaining boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a flooded Thai cave began on Tuesday morning, the head of the rescue mission said.
The boys were exploring the caves on June 23 with their coach when they were trapped inside by heavy seasonal rains.
The "Wild Boars" soccer team and their coach became trapped on June 23 when they set out to explore the vast cave complex after soccer practice, when a rainy season downpour flooded the tunnels.
The rescue operation was launched on Sunday and four boys were brought out that day. They and were in good condition in hospital, officials said.
Witnesses saw medical personnel carrying a person, wrapped in green sheets and lying flat, into an ambulance close to the mouth of the cave.
A day after four of the 12 schoolboys were extracted from the Tham Luang cave in Thailand, the rescue mission resumed on Monday. Eight more boys, who were part of a soccer team, and their coach are expected to be brought out of the cave on Monday.
In the videos shared on his Twitter account, the metallic pod can be seen being tested underwater in a swimming pool in Los Angeles.
Tossathep Boonthong, chief of Chiang Rai's health department confirmed that two boys are out and currently at the field hospital near the cave.
"Today is the D-day. The boys are ready to face any challenges," rescue chief Narongsak Osottanakorn told reporters near the cave site.
In one heartwarming note, a boy begged their teachers not to assign too much homework.
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that engineers from his firms - SpaceX and The Boring Company - were heading to Thailand to see if they could assist the rescue.
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