re: Update: ALL RESCUED - Doctors Father Dies

I have a friend who is an MD that said if they are going to sedate the kids it would be with something like a high blood pressure med called a beta blocker - it doesn't cause loss of consciousness, just suppresses the body's reaction to stress. Supposedly people take it when they have a phobia of public speaking as well as those who have a hyper sweating condition. I really don't know.

Whatever they are doing, please dear God get those children out alive. Also, I am praying for strength and sanity for their families.

"preparing the first and strongest of the team for the perilous underwater extraction”

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Rescue mission has begun

Probably not, or if there are it’s not at the entrance.

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Everyone who is not involved with the operations has to get out of the area immediately,’ Thai police announce at the cave site as they need room for rescue operations

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Everyone in the cave carries a light, and they may have set up some lights in the dry (above water) portions. But the early divers have described the water as "zero viz"... That means that regardless of how much light you bring in, you cannot see through it. It's like thick chocolate milk.

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True and on top of that in near zero visibility, if you shine a bright light all it does is light up the particles floating in the water and the reflections make it even worse.

Per Guardian link

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Various contradictory reports are circulating regarding the emergence of two of the boys.

Reuters says, citing a local official, that the first two members of the Thai football team have been recovered from the cave.

ITV’s John Irvine says that a local police chief has just told him that two of the boys are out of the cave complex. They are apparently safe and reasonably well.

The Bangkok Post, meanwhile, says the first 2 boys are on their way to the entrance of the cave suggesting that they have completed the swim and are now walking through the chambers.

The Guardian cannot confirm any of these reports.

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I’m following @hodgeamanda (Amanda Hodge) for updates on Twitter.

Two boys have been rescued.

How long does it take to get one of the kids out?

Earlier on it was reported that it was about a 5 hour trek from their position to the entrance of the cave.

Although that’s probably been reduced a bit if they were able to drain enough water to minimize the amount of diving necessary.

11 hr round trip for just the divers, can’t imagine how much longer it takes with the kids.