4 Thai soccer players rescued, operation suspended due to lack of oxygen

Campaign suspended due to "running out of oxygen"

GuardianThe rescue operation has been suspended, the commander of the operation said. The operation will continue for another 10-20 hours because "we have used up all the oxygen". "The oxygen tanks have to be put back in place," he said, adding that the progress they made today was a "great success".BBCsaid the rescue will continue at 8am on July 9.

Regarding the method of bringing the boys out of the cave, "they moved about 1 km underwater. The first boy came out of the cave at 5:40 pm," said rescue operation commander Narongsak.

On Facebook, the Thai Navy Seals wished everyone good night.

The players are completely healthy, 90 divers are participating in rescuing the team.

The rescue operation commander said a total of 90 divers, including 50 foreign divers and 40 Thai divers, are participating in the mission to bring the 13 members of the football team out of the cave.

The Thai government confirmed that four people had been brought out of the cave. There was a round of applause after Narongsak Osottanakorn, the former governor of Chiang Rai province, said he had met the first four rescued victims.

He said they were in good health and that today was the most favorable day to carry out the rescue mission. The next operation would begin in about 10 to 20 hours as rescuers prepared equipment.

Helicopters took turns taking the young players to the hospital.

A helicopter was carrying the third boy to Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital. At around 8:40 p.m., another helicopter landed at the airport near Prachanukroh Hospital.

Earlier, two ambulances also moved from Tham Luang cave to the hospital where the members of the young soccer team were being medically monitored. Photo: Reuters.

Thai authorities will provide details at 9pm.

Football team members continue to come out of caves 4 and 5.

The NationThe boys who came out of caves 4 and 5 are being taken to Prachanukroh hospital by ambulance.

President Trump concerned about Thai soccer team rescue

President Donald Trump wrote on his personal Twitter that the US government is coordinating closely with Thailand in the operation to rescue the young soccer team from the cave.

“(They are) very brave and talented people,” Mr. Trump wrote.

Due to the significant drop in water levels in the cave, the first boys were brought out about 3 to 4 hours earlier than expected. Thanks to the receding water levels, they were able to walk instead of diving from Cave 3 to the cave entrance.

Millions of liters of water have been pumped out of the cave thanks to the relentless efforts of rescuers over the past few days. The rescue operation is being urgently deployed in anticipation of bad weather in the coming days.

Mongkol Bunyiam, 13, was the first to be taken by helicopter to hospital.

The first baby was brought out.

ReutersA senior member of the medical team in the rescue operation said that so far, four boys have safely left Tham Luang cave.

However, Thai Navy SEALs said only four boys have been brought out of the cave.

According to some sources, doctors checked the health of the team members while in the cave and made a priority list for rescue. The weakest children were rescued first, the healthy ones were rescued later.

• The boys rescued from the cave were flown by helicopter to a hospital in Chiang Rai, Reuters and local media reported.

• The ambulance took the children to the hospital.

• The rescue mission for the soccer team is likely to be shortened.

• Security forces sealed off the area outside.

• (Nghe An Newspaper continues to update)