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Thailand cave rescue: Ex-Navy SEAL diver dying due to lack of oxygen highlights perils of bringing kids back from waterlogged cave

A former military diver has died after running out of oxygen while assisting in the rescue of 12 boys and their football coach trapped inside a cave in Thailand, an official said.

Thailand cave rescue: Officials contemplate ways to extract trapped football team after forecast of heavy rains on weekend

A Thai firefighter said that levels in parts of a passage leading to a chamber where the boys and the coach were found on Monday was still flooded all the way to the ceiling, making diving the only way out.

Thai boys trapped in cave smile, joke with rescuer; heavy rains forecast threatens to complicate extraction

Their skinny faces illuminated by a flashlight, the Thai soccer teammates stranded for nearly two weeks in a partly flooded cave said in a video that they were healthy.

Thailand: 12 boys spend eighth night in flooded Tham Luang cave; coach says rescue operations making headway

After monsoon rains stopped and rescue teams rerouted the waterway, families of 12 boys who were trapped in Thailand's Tham Luang cave feel hopeful. The children and their coach ventured in and were blocked by heavy rains.

Heavy rain, flooding hinders operation to rescue Thailand football team trapped in cave since Saturday

Rescuers battled heavy rains on Wednesday as they struggled to drain a flooded cave in Thailand where 12 children and their football coach have been trapped for days.