Update: ALL RESCUED - Doctors Father Dies

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The last member of the rescue team to leave the Thai cave, Australian doctor Richard Harris, has lost his father.

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Harris's boss Andrew Pearce says in a statement the father had died shortly after the last of the 13 soccer team members was freed from the cave. Pearce says: "This is clearly a time of grief for the Harris family, magnified by the physical and emotional demands of being part of this week's highly complex and ultimately successful rescue operation." Pearce says the anesthetist and experienced cave diver would return to his home in Adelaide city soon. Harris played a part in deciding the order in which the 13 were freed. Pearce did not say how the father had died and asked for the family's privacy to be respected.

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The final four young soccer players and their coach were pulled from the flooded cave in Thailand on Tuesday, ending the epic rescue mission that gripped the world for weeks, officials said. “12 Wild Boars and coach out of the cafe. Safe everyone. Hooyah!” the SEALs wrote on Facebook after the team was rescued. The members of the Wild Boars soccer team came out of the Tham Luang cave complex in quick succession and received medical attention at the scene, a Thai navy official told CNN. The rescued boys were then airlifted to the Chiang Rai hospital, The Guardian reported. In total, 12 boys and their 25-year-old coach were rescued by the end of their 18-day ordeal since divers entered the labyrinthine system Sunday. Four were removed Sunday and additional four emerged Monday after making the treacherous journey to freedom.

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