MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula County Sheriff's Deputy Ross Jessop and U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer Nick Scholz rushed toward the sound after hours spent searching the Montana woods for a missing infant. Jessop was about to take another step when he heard a stick crack underfoot. He looked down...
Rescued Thai Boys Flash Victory Signs From Hospital Beds
MAE SAI, Thailand — The 12 boys rescued from deep within a flooded cave in northern Thailand made two-finger victory signs from their hospital beds on Wednesday in a moving video from the isolation ward where they're recuperating from their 18-day ordeal. The youngest, 11, appeared asleep under a crisp...
Inside the Sacred Danger of Thailand's Caves
For the past two weeks, a global audience has been transfixed by the drama of the daring rescue of 12 boys and their coach trapped within Tham Luang Nang Non, a cave deep underneath the mountains that form the Thai-Burmese border. The kids – a soccer team that also dabbled...
Daring Rescue Ends With All 12 Thai Boys & Coach Saved
MAE SAI, Thailand — A daring rescue mission in the treacherous confines of a flooded cave in northern Thailand has saved all 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped deep within the labyrinth, ending a grueling 18-day ordeal that claimed the life of an experienced volunteer diver and...
Eight Thai Soccer Boys Now Out of Flooded Cave
MAE SAI, Thailand — Four more of the youth soccer players trapped for over two weeks in a flooded cave in northern Thailand were brought out on Monday, an official said, bringing to eight the number extracted in the ongoing high-stakes rescue operation. "The eighth person is out and the...
Diver Dies Trying to Rescue Thai Boys. Musk Offers Aid.
MAE SAI, Thailand — The rescuers trying to help a youth soccer team stranded in a Thai cave suffered a disheartening loss Friday with the death of a former SEAL diving in the flooded passageways to deliver supplies, as authorities raced against worsening weather and lessening oxygen where the 12...
Update: Thai Soccer Boys May Have To Swim Out of Cave
MAE SAI, Thailand — Heavy rains forecast for northern Thailand could worsen flooding in a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach are waiting to be extracted by rescuers, possibly forcing authorities to have them swim out through a narrow, underwater passage in the cavern, a top official said...