Trapped Thai Football Team Receives Leters From Parents

Thai rescue workers take a break as rescue operations continue for the 12 boys and their football team coach trapped in Tham Luang cave at Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province.


More than 100 chimneys are
being drilled into the mountainside in a bid to reach the Thai youth football team trapped in a cave days in now, the head of the rescue mission said on July 7; told AFP

The rescue teams are drilling multiple shafts through hundreds of metres of mountainside to try to reach them. 

However industrial pumps are also working round the clock in an attempt to clear water from the tunnels and hopefully allow them to escape on foot.

But the expectation of fresh monsoon rains and more flooding threatens to distort the progress.

Efforts to install a phone line to allow the trapped boys to speak to their parents have so far failed.

Divers had taken in a letter from relatives sending moral support to the boys and thanking 25-year-old coach Ekkapol Chantawong for looking after them.

“From all the parents, please take care of all the children. 

Don’t blame yourself,” their letter to him read.

“We are not mad at you at all. We understand and are rooting for you. 

Thanks for helping and taking care of the kids.”

In a touching reply, the coach apologised to the boys’ parents and thanked them for their support.

“To all the parents, all the kids are still fine. 

I promise to take the very best care of the kids,” his note reads, sending his love to his own family and adding how much he is looking forward to eating his aunt’s home cooking.