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Thailand Cave Rescue and aftermath

^ Disagree about Australian immigration policy, except some areas of concern about myth of time/area of detention centres . It's a frightening situation for the kids and it's natural to be scared for them. As a parent, I would be beside myself and am so afraid for them and their families.


People are not heartless mostly. Immigration a d policies is a different subject altogether and not a subject that would be a discussion worth the risk of disciplinary action here .
 
^ Absolutely.

This is a picture of how things like this happen (NOT image from scene):

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These are schematics of the cave:

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It's amazing that everyone else, particularly with no training, got out because of ^ and this:

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Two gaps were too narrow to navigate using traditional scuba tanks (70 cm) and there is rushing water at the bottom of these narrow gaps.

So, a much-needed happy conclusion to a potentially much more tragic situation.
 
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Now that it's all over, if this subject interested you, I really recommend reading Caverns Measureless to Man by Florida cave diving pioneer Sheck Exley. I got my cavern diving certification when I was a graduate student but full cave required more of an investment in equipment than an impoverished graduate student could afford (cavern divers are not certified to enter total darkness). Exley himself died in a Mexican sinkhole about 900 feet deep.
 
Wow, that's great! I didn't expect everyone to survive (except the one rescue diver of course). Glad to see I was wrong.
 
Great story, and now that I think about it xanax or the like makes perfect sense.

I once was rescued from a mountain/rock I had been stuck on for only a few hours but the rescue guys weren't sure how long I was there and asked me questions like who the president is. I hadn't contemplated the fact that my mental stability was on the line...after reading this story it all makes perfect sense.
 
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