All 12 Thai boys who were trapped in a flooded cave in Northern Thailand have been rescued. See photos of the search, rescue and celebration.
All 12 Thai boys who were trapped in a flooded cave in Northern Thailand have been rescued.
The boys, and their soccer coach, were trapped in the cave for more than two weeks. Eight of the boys were rescued by a team of Thai and international divers on Sunday and Monday. On Tuesday, the final four boys and their coach were guided out of the cave.
In this image made from video, released by the Thailand Government Spokesman Bureau, three of the 12 boys are seen recovering in their hospital beds after being rescued along with their coach from a flooded cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand.
(Thailand Government Spokesman Bureau via AP)
Thailand Government Spokesman Bureau via AP
Students pray at Maesaiprasitsart school where six out of the rescued 12 boys study as they cheer the successful rescue in the Mae Sai district in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, July 11, 2018. 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 riveted people around the world.
(AP Photo/Johnson Lai)
AP Photo/Johnson Lai
This undated from video released via the Thai NavySEAL Facebook Page on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, shows rescuers hold an evacuated boy inside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern 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 riveted people around the world.
(Thai NavySEAL Facebook Page via AP)
Thai NavySEAL Facebook Page via AP
This undated photo from video released via the Thai NavySEAL Facebook Page on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, shows rescuers hold an evacuated boy inside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern 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 riveted people around the world.
(Thai NavySEAL Facebook Page via AP)
Thai NavySEAL Facebook Page via AP
In this image made from video, released by Thailand Government Spokesman Bureau, family members watch the rescued boys through a window outside the recovery ward at the Chiang Rai hospital in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, July 11, 2018. 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 riveted people around the world.
(Thailand Government Spokesman Bureau via AP)
Thailand Government Spokesman Bureau via AP
Thongchai Lertwilairatanapong, a public health inspector, left, speaks during a press conference at a hospital in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, July 11, 2018. Thongchai said the soccer teammates rescued from a flooded cave lost weight during their two-week ordeal but had water while they were trapped and are in good health.
(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
AP Photo/Vincent Thian
Thai officers prepare to head to an entrance of a cave rescue area to pick up belongings in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, July 11, 2018. 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 riveted people around the world.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
Thai soldiers leave a cave rescue area in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, July 11, 2018. 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 riveted people around the world.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
Thai workers clean a giant water pump as they prepare to leave a cave rescue area in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, July 11, 2018. 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 riveted people around the world.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
Peoples celebrate after evacuation in Chiang Rai as divers evacuated some of the 12 boys and their coach trapped at Tham Luang cave in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Tuesday, July 10, 2018. Thai Navy SEALs say all 12 boys and their coach were rescued from the cave, ending an ordeal that lasted more than 2 weeks.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
In this undated photo released by Royal Thai Navy on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 show the last four Thai Navy SEALs come out safely after completing the rescued mission inside a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. Thailand’s navy SEALs say all 12 boys and their soccer coach have been rescued from a flooded cave in far northern Thailand, ending an ordeal that lasted more than two weeks.
(Royal Thai Navy via AP)
Royal Thai Navy via AP
Rescuers stand at a checkpoint near the entrance to a cave complex where five were still trapped, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand Tuesday, July 10, 2018. The eight boys were rescued from the flooded cave.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
Hospital workers watch a press conference at their hospital where rescued boys are tended to, in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Tuesday, July 10, 2018. A Thai public health official said Tuesday the eight boys rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand are in “high spirits” and have strong immune systems because they are soccer players.
(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
AP Photo/Vincent Thian
Rescuers walk toward the entrance to a cave complex where five were still trapped, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand Tuesday, July 10, 2018. The eight boys were rescued from the flooded cave.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
Jedsada Chokdumrongsuk, center, permanent secretary at the Public Health Ministry, speaks during a press conference at a hospital in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Tuesday, July 10, 2018. Thai health official says rescued boys will be staying in hospital at least seven days. The Thai public health official said the eight boys rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand are in “high spirits” and have strong immune systems because they are soccer players.
(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
AP Photo/Vincent Thian
Jedsada Chokdumrongsuk, second from right, permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry, speaks during a press conference at a hospital in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Tuesday, July 10, 2018. Thai health official says rescued boys will be staying in hospital at least seven days. The Thai public health official said the eight boys rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand are in “high spirits” and have strong immune systems because they are soccer players.
(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
AP Photo/Vincent Thian
An ambulance allegedly carrying one of the rescued boys head to the hospital in Chiang Rai city as divers evacuated some of the 12 boys and their coach trapped at the Tham Luang cave in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Monday, July 9, 2018.
(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
AP Photo/Vincent Thian
An ambulance with flashing lights leaves the cave rescue area in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Monday, July 9, 2018. The ambulance has left the cave complex area hours after the start of the second phase of an operation to rescue a youth soccer team trapped inside the cave for more than two weeks.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
An ambulance with flashing lights leaves the cave rescue area in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Monday, July 9, 2018. The ambulance has left the cave complex area hours after the start of the second phase of an operation to rescue a youth soccer team trapped inside the cave for more than two weeks.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
A Thai well wisher puts a poster to pray for boys and their soccer coach who have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand Monday, July 9, 2018. Expert divers Sunday rescued four of 12 boys from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, as a dangerous and complicated operation unfolded amid heavy rain and the threat of rising water underground.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
A helicopter waits near the cave for more evacuations of the boys and their soccer coach who have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand Monday, July 9, 2018. Thailand’s interior minister says the same divers who took part in Sunday’s rescue of four boys trapped in a flooded cave will also conduct the next operation as they know the cave conditions and what to do.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
In this undated photo released by Royal Thai Navy on Saturday, July 7, 2018, Thai rescue teams arrange water pumping system at the entrance to a flooded cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. The local governor in charge of the mission to rescue them said Saturday that cooperating weather and falling water levels over the last few days had created appropriate conditions for evacuation, but that they won’t last if it rains again..
(Royal Thai Navy via AP)
Royal Thai Navy via AP
In this grab taken from video provide by Chiang Rai Public Relations Office, emergency workers carry a stretcher with one of the rescued boy to be transported by ambulance to a hospital, in Mae Sai,in the district of Chiang Rai, Thailand. Sunday, July 8, 2018. Expert divers Sunday rescued four of 12 boys from a flooded cave in northern Thailand where they were trapped with their soccer coach for more than two weeks, as a dangerous and complicated plan unfolded amid heavy rain and the threat of rising water underground.
(Chiang Rai Public Relations Office via AP)
Chiang Rai Public Relations Office via AP
In this grab taken from video provide by Chiang Rai Public Relations Office, emergency workers carry a stretcher with one of the rescued boy to be transported by ambulance to a hospital, in Mae Sai,in the district of Chiang Rai, Thailand. Sunday, July 8, 2018. Expert divers Sunday rescued four of 12 boys from a flooded cave in northern Thailand where they were trapped with their soccer coach for more than two weeks, as a dangerous and complicated plan unfolded amid heavy rain and the threat of rising water underground.
(Chiang Rai Public Relations Office via AP)
Chiang Rai Public Relations Office via AP
In this grab taken from video provide by Chiang Rai Public Relations Office, emergency workers carry a stretcher with one of the rescued boy to be transported by ambulance to a hospital, in Mae Sai, in the district of Chiang Rai, Thailand. Sunday, July 8, 2018. Expert divers Sunday rescued four of 12 boys from a flooded cave in northern Thailand where they were trapped with their soccer coach for more than two weeks, as a dangerous and complicated plan unfolded amid heavy rain and the threat of rising water underground.
(Chiang Rai Public Relations Office via AP)
Chiang Rai Public Relations Office via AP
In this image made from video, Chiang Rai acting Gov. Narongsak Osatanakorn speaks to the media during a briefing on the cave rescue plans in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Narongsak says the operation to bring out 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach from deep inside a cave where they have been trapped for two weeks has begun.
(AP Photo)
AP Photo
One of two ambulances leave the cave in northern Thailand hours after operation began to rescue the trapped youth soccer players and their coach, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, Sunday, July 8, 2018. Chiang Rai province acting Gov. Narongsak Osatanakorn, who is heading the operation, said earlier Sunday that 13 foreign and five Thai divers were taking part in the rescue and two divers will accompany each boy as they’re gradually extracted. He said the operation began at 10 a.m., and it will take at least 11 hours for the first person to be taken out of the cave.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
In this undated photo released by Royal Thai Navy on Saturday, July 7, 2018, Thai rescue team members walk inside a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. The local governor in charge of the mission to rescue them said Saturday that cooperating weather and falling water levels over the last few days had created appropriate conditions for evacuation, but that they won’t last if it rains again.
(Royal Thai Navy via AP)
Royal Thai Navy via AP
In this undated photo released by Royal Thai Navy on Saturday, July 7, 2018, a member of Thai rescue team walks inside a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. The local governor in charge of the mission to rescue them said Saturday that cooperating weather and falling water levels over the last few days had created appropriate conditions for evacuation, but that they won’t last if it rains again.
(Royal Thai Navy via AP)
Royal Thai Navy via AP
Media staff prepare to leave the area around the entrance of the cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped for two weeks, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand Sunday, July 8, 2018. Thai authorities asked media to leave the area, fueling speculation on Sunday morning that a rescue mission could be imminent.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
Media staff leave the area around the entrance of the cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped for two weeks, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand Sunday, July 8, 2018. Thai authorities asked media to leave the area, fueling speculation on Sunday morning that a rescue mission could be imminent.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
Media staff leave the area around the entrance of the cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped for two weeks, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand Sunday, July 8, 2018. Thai authorities asked media to leave the area, fueling speculation on Sunday morning that a rescue mission could be imminent.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
Australian Federal Police and Defense Force personnel arrive near a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand Sunday, July 8, 2018. Thai authorities are racing to pump out water from the flooded cave before more rains are forecast to hit the northern region.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
Rescuer walk out from cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand Sunday, July 8, 2018. Thai authorities are racing to pump out water from the flooded cave before more rains are forecast to hit the northern region.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
In this undated photo released by Royal Thai Navy on Saturday, July 7, 2018, Thai rescue team members walk inside a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. The local governor in charge of the mission to rescue them said Saturday that cooperating weather and falling water levels over the last few days had created appropriate conditions for evacuation, but that they won’t last if it rains again.
(Royal Thai Navy via AP)
Royal Thai Navy via AP
In this handout file photo released by Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center, Monday, July 2, 2018, Thai rescue teams walk inside cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand.
(Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center via AP, File)
Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center via AP, File
In this Saturday, June 30, 2018, file photo, water is pumped from a flooded cave believed to be trapping a soccer team and their coach in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File
In this Thursday, July 5, 2018, file photo, International rescuers team prepare to enter the cave where a young soccer team and their coach are trapped by flood waters in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File
In this Tuesday, July 3, 2018, file photo, a rescuer prepares a light for diving to reach the 12 boys and their soccer coach found alive in a flooded cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
In this Tuesday, July 3, 2018, file photo, Australian Federal Police and Defense Force personnel talk with a Thai diver after the 12 boys and their soccer coach were found alive in a flooded cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
In this Monday, July 2, 2018, file photo, a rescuer makes his way down muddy steps past water pump hoses at the entrance to a flooded cave complex where 12 soccer team members and their coach went missing in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File
In this Wednesday, July 4, 2018, file photo, rescue teams carry water pipes to the entrance of cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach were trapped inside when heavy rains flooded the cave, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File
In this Tuesday, July 3, 2018, file photo, water is pumped from the flooded cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach were found alive in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File
In this Sunday, July 1, 2018, file photo, the flooded cave complex entrance is lit where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File
In this Thursday, July 2018, file photo, Australian Federal Police and Defense Force personnel talk about extraction plans to get 12 boys and their soccer coach out of a flooded cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File
In this Wednesday, July 4, 2018, file photo, a rescuer makes his way down the entrance to a cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lali, File)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lali, File
In this Monday, July 2, 2018, file photo, family members hug after hearing the news that the missing 12 boys and their soccer coach have been found in the flooded cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File
In this July 3, 2018, image taken from video provided by the Royal Thai Navy Facebook Page, Thai boys smile as Thai Navy SEAL medic help injured children inside a cave in Mae Sai, northern Thailand. The Thai soccer teammates stranded more than a week in the partly flooded cave said they were healthy on a video released Wednesday, as heavy rains forecast for later this week could complicate plans to safely extract them.
(Royal Thai Navy Facebook Page via AP)
Royal Thai Navy Facebook Page via AP
In this July 3, 2018, image taken from video provided by the Thai Navy Seal, Thai boys are with Navy SEALs inside the cave, Mae Sai, northern Thailand. With heavy rains forecast to worsen flooding in a cave in northern Thailand where 12 boys and their soccer coach are waiting to be extracted by rescuers, authorities say they might be forced to have them swim out through a narrow, underwater passage. The 13 are described as healthy and being looked after by medics inside the cave.
(Thai Navy Seal via AP)
Thai Navy Seal via AP
FILE – This Monday, July 2, 2018, file image released by Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center, shows the missing boys and their soccer coach as they were found in a dark, partially flooded cave, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai, Thailand. The group was discovered July 2 after 10 days totally cut off from the outside world, and while they are for the most physically healthy, experts say the ordeal has likely taken a mental toll that could worsen the longer the situation lasts.
(Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center via AP, File)
Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center via AP, File
FILE – In this Sunday, July 1, 2018, file photo, Thai Buddhist monks pray for the 12 boys and their soccer coach who went missing in a flooded cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. The group was discovered July 2 after 10 days totally cut off from the outside world, and while they are for the most physically healthy, experts say the ordeal has likely taken a mental toll that could worsen the longer the situation lasts.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File
This Monday, July 2, 2018, file photo released by Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center, shows the boys and their soccer coach as they were found in a partially flooded cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand.
(Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center via AP, File)
Tham Luang Rescue Operation Center via AP, File
In this Thursday, June 28, 2018, photo, a pair of muddy boots sit in thick mud at the staging area for search and rescue efforts for a missing soccer team and their coach in a large cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
A rescuer makes her way down muddy steps past water pump hoses at the entrance to a cave complex where it’s believed that 12 soccer team members and their coach went missing, Friday, June 29, 2018, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
In this Thursday, June 28, 2018, photo, journalists stand in ankle-deep mud to report on the missing soccer team and their coach believed to be in a large cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
In this Thursday, June 28, 2018, photo, a wheel of an emergency vehicle is covered in mud at the staging area for search efforts for a missing soccer team and their coach who went missing in a large cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
In this Thursday, June 28, 2018, photo, soldiers and volunteers push a fresh water truck stuck in mud in the staging area for the missing soccer team and their coach who are believed to be missing in a large cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
In this Thursday, June 28, 2018, photo, a soldier walks through thick mud near the cave where a soccer team and their coach went missing in a large cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
Soldiers carry a pump to help drain the rising flood water in a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been missing in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Friday, June 29, 2018.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
Thai soldiers searching for the missing children and their coach march out of the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand on Friday, June 29, 2018.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
Flood water fills the entrance to a cave hindering the search efforts for 12 boys and their soccer coach who went missing in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province in northern Thailand, Friday, June 29, 2018.
(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
