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that those who were weaker would require more assistance and by the time rescuers went through the rescue at least once rescuers would become more familiar with the terrain of the cave. On Monday, another four boys were rescued. On Tuesday, it was jubilation when the last four boys and their coach were brought to safety. The children and their coach were brought to the nearest hospital to ensure that they are healthy. Their parents and families were not able to reunite with them right away as their immune systems were low and the doctors were trying to minimize their contact with germs. They were able to see each other through a glass window. Medical professionals have reported that the boys are healthy, fever-free, mentally stable, and conversing. One of the boys appeared to have lung inflammation, and another was admitted with a slowed heart rate but both are improving. The media has said that the coach was in the weakest condition since he had given the little food and water that he had to the children in the first nine days when they were trapped before emergency workers located them. The group became trapped on June 23 but rescuers only located them on July 2.
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best of divers and rescuers had gathered to bring them to safety. Initially they were trying to figure out ways to pump the cave of the water that had flooded its crevices. However, when that became impossible, they made plans to help the victims exit one by one through the murky, frigid water. The boys, who range in age from 11 to 16, were given a crash course in swimming and how to wear dive masks so they could navigate their way to safety with divers’ assistance.
Rescuers were hoping to complete their mission before heavy rain fell, which would have made it extremely dangerous for those still trapped, and before oxygen in the cave was depleted. Emergency workers had to pump out water from the cave and drilled through rocks to make room for hoses, which helped remove the more than 31 million gallons of water. Doctors and rescue workers also passed food and treatment down 2.5
miles to those trapped in the cave. The rescue mission began on Sunday when the first four boys were brought to safety. The rescue was long and treacherous; the boys, accompanied by divers, were required to be underwater at points with no visibility. There was also a point in their exit path that was just 15 inches wide where the boys needed to separate from rescuers in order to squeeze through. The strongest boys were taken out first – rescuers felt
On Sunday evening, Dawn Sturgess passed away after coming into contact with a large, deadly dose of nerve agent Novichok. She was a mother of three who had picked up a container that had been used in an assassination attempt on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in March. Skripal and his daughter both survived the attack. Charlie Rowley, Sturgess’s friend,