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Laos cave rescue: 4 more trapped men freed
VIENIANE – Four more men trapped in a semi-submerged cave in Laos for 10 days were freed on May 30, rescuers said. one of them was successfully brought to the surface a day earlier, but two remain missing.
Mr Lee Kian Lie, a Malaysian rescue diver, told AFP via Messenger that the four men were freed after water was pumped out of the cavern.
Video he took at the scene showed crews in a makeshift tent tending to four people lying on stretchers and covered in thermal blankets.
“It’s important that they are already out,” Mr Lee said. He declined to speculate on the condition of the two missing people.
The Thailand Rescue Diver Facebook page said: in an article which “The emergency services were able to free four other trapped people” around 3:10 p.m. (4:10 p.m. Singapore time) on May 30.
“A total of five people were rescued, while two are still missing,” the statement said.
Seven men had been trapped in the cave in a remote mountainous area of the central province of Xaysomboun since May 20, when flash floods stranded them as they searched for gold, initially According to state media.
They were trapped after heavy rains triggered flash floods that blocked the cave’s exit.
Five of the men were found alive on May 27huddled in a narrow shaft about 300 m from the cave entrance.
Rescuers guided a scruffy, muddy man across unstable ground to safety. May 29.
Efforts to save the men focused on pumping out the monsoon floodwaters that trapped them.
Rescuers had expressed optimism on May 30 about their chances of freeing the four.
Mr Lee, part of a team of specialist cave divers called in to help, said after arriving at the scene that expectations were “getting more positive”, with water being pumped and supplies being sent.
No mention was made of the two missing people.
The Lao Saychai Foundation posted a video on its Facebook page on May 30 of the man rescued the day before, identified only as Meud, who said the two missing men had went about 500m deeper into the cave than him.
Asked if he thought they were still alive, he replied: “I’m afraid it’s too cold there.” »
Footage filmed by rescue divers earlier in the week showed the five men, now rescued, looking muddy and dejected, complaining about chest pain and feelings of hunger.
Thai rescue teams repeated extraction procedures outside the cave. May 29 with stretchers, ropes and cables, according to images shared on social media.
A new team of specialist divers later landed in Laos May 29including members from Thailand, France, Indonesia and Australia, according to Thai rescuers.
This emergency echoes the 2018 case of the Thai youth soccer team who spent 18 days locked in a cave in northern Thailand before a daring international rescue saved their lives.
Two divers involved in the recovery of the 12 young footballers and their coach are working with Laotian volunteers after the locals requested specialist staff and equipment. AFP
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