Goalcast brings you a brand new series on our every day heroes. In this episode, you will see the Thai cave rescue that sparked headlines around the world when 12 boys and their soccer coach were discovered stuck inside a flooded cave. What followed was an extraordinary proof of the human spirit.
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00:00 They are getting forced to do something that no kid has ever done before.
00:04 It is not in any way normal.
00:07 Extremely hazardous environment, zero visibility.
00:12 I was very scared.
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00:33 It's an extreme cave system.
00:46 It's very long.
00:46 It's one of the longest in Thailand.
00:48 It's about nine kilometers long.
00:50 It's a complex system of tunnels.
00:53 The smallest part was about a half a meter high restriction.
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01:33 We were taking turns with the British team in laying fixed ropes,
01:39 making way to this room where they suspected the kids would be.
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01:54 How many of you?
01:57 13.
01:58 Brilliant.
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03:23 He was helping out, placing tanks.
03:38 And every time I would come up, he would come and shake my hand and
03:43 ask information, the right questions.
03:46 So it's a real shame.
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04:08 We essentially strapped a cylinder to the front of the child.
04:12 They had a full face mask, which is a way of making sure that they can breathe.
04:17 We had a handle on the back of the child, so
04:20 we were able to maneuver them in that way.
04:23 When I saw the diver and the kid in the horizon,
04:27 I still didn't know if it was a casualty or if it was a kid.
04:31 But when I saw that he was alive and breathing and seemed to be all right,
04:36 it felt very good.
04:38 It felt very good.
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05:18 I cannot understand how cool these small kids are.
05:21 And thinking about them being kept in a small cave for two weeks,
05:26 they haven't seen their mom.
05:28 Incredibly strong kids, yeah, unbelievable.
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