Great news about the boy soccer players.

[scottish-guy]

I broke the news, after seeing it on CNN, ABC, BBC, BBC, CCB, DDC, CCD and others..

I note you apparently saw it on the BBC twice, so you've been doubly propagandised.

I find Al Jazeera and Russia Today far more impartial

[Nirish guy]

With a headline like "The soccer is safely RECUED" I think my news anchor crown is safe for now......but hey at that standard of news broadcasting I hear that Fox news maybe looking for people if you find yourself out of work for long there DoubleDutch !

[sglad]

With a headline like "The soccer is safely RECUED" I think my news anchor crown is safe for now......but hey at that standard of news broadcasting I hear that Fox news maybe looking for people if you find yourself out of work for long there DoubleDutch !

To qualify for Fox News, he should have written "The soccer team is safely rescued because they found Jesus while in the cave!"

[Nirish guy]

To qualify for Fox News, he should have written "The soccer team is safely rescued because they found Jesus while in the cave!"

And the reason they were all in the cave was of course to see the lord god himself President Trump, who was so busy making his cave great again that he hardly even noticed they were there !

[Jellybean]

The topic created by DoubleDutch entitled, The soccer team is safely recued! [sic] was merged with this topic.

[poshglasgow]

The boys and the coach are safe. Thank God.

In a world awash with torment, it lightens the heart to witness the power - not of man's 'inhumanity' to man (about which we hear so much) - but of the empathetic pulse that beats within us that hears so clearly, and responds so readily, to a call for help from our fellow man, irrespective of race or nationality.

I think that this thread has now run its course: the outcome terrific.

[frequent]

from the Bangkok Post 4 July:


Disaster cave to be next tourist attraction - Bangkok Post

at last count almost 100 Post readers had joined the online lambasting of TAT for this announcement just after the boys had been located - Amazing Thailand indeed! Though I suppose it says as much about tourists as it does about the TAT!

bkkguy

This being Thailand I guess we’ll have differential pricing for Thais and non-Thais

[frequent]

My favourite non-story about the rescue - Musk’s baby submarine: https://gizmodo.com/is-elon-musk-serious-1827456578

[lonelywombat]

Thai rescue story already being eyed for blockbuster movie treatment

The nail-biting rescue of a Thai boys soccer team and their coach from a flooded cave complex transfixed news viewers around the world, and the story could be headed for a retelling by Hollywood.

All that needs to be changed is to replace Thai Seals with Us Seals, the Australian Doctor with a US and replace the support staff using aUS hospital to be created.

This is how many stories have been retold in movies past.

[lonelywombat]

Perhaps the most understated person was Australian Doctor Richard Harris
https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia...10-p4zqpg.html

Australian doctor Richard Harris, who is also an expert cave diver and whose presence was requested by British divers participating in the mission, played a critical role in the rescue operation on all three days.

Harris had swum all the way through the cave each day – about 3.2 kilometres – to the trapped Thai soccer players and given a medical sign off for each boy before an evacuation was attempted.

Each day, he would leave the cave only after the last boy had left.He played a pivotal role in the rescue.

Richard Harris you are too modest to accept congratulations, but you are the hero.

Footnote
The father of the heroic Australian doctor Richard Harris passed away just after the mission was successfully completed.