Tham Luang Cave Rescue of the Wild Boars Youth Soccer Team: Part 2

The Reference Desk

This week, Katie is bewitched by the incredible rescue of 13 people from the flooded Tham Luang cave in Thailand.
In part 2 of this story, efforts at Tham Luang shift from search to rescue as the Thai government explores three possible options to save the Wild Boars: dive, drill, or delay. But when conditions in the cave begin to deteriorate rapidly, their options shrink, and expert cave divers John Volanthen and Rick Stanton are tasked with planning the impossible. With the help of Australian cave-diving anesthesiologist Dr. Richard Harris and a team of divers from around the world, John and Rick lead the incredible rescue of all 13 Wild Boars. After 18 days in the dark, an international rescue effort involving over 10,000 volunteers ended in triumph.
Recommended reading available in our bookshop:

• Aquanut: A Life Beneath the Surface by Rick Stanton
• Against All Odds by Richard Harris and Craig Challen
• All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontronvat
• Feral Youth by Shaun David Hutchinson et al.
• The Descent by Jeff Long
• Lift Your Light a Little Higher: The Story of Stephen Bishop, Slave-Explorer by Heather Hensen

Recommended watching:

• The Trapped 13: How we Survived the Thai Cave, available on Netflix
• The Rescue, available on Nat Geo/Disney+
• Drain the Oceans: Thai Cave Rescue (season 2, episode 9), available on Disney+
• Thai Cave Rescue: Limited Series, available on Netflix
• Thirteen Lives, available on Amazon Prime Video

Links:
Diving masks from San Marcos company helped rescue of Thai boys from cave
The Technology Behind the Thailand Cave Rescue
A summary of the Tham Luang Rescue
The full story of Thailand’s extraordinary cave rescue
Thailand's Tham Luang rescue cave has reopened to tourists. Here's what it's like
The untold story of the daring cave divers who saved the Thai soccer team
Where Are the Thai Cave Rescue Divers Now and What Happened to Them?
Wild Boar soccer team become millionaires after signing deal with Netflix for Tham Luang story
Whirlwind year for Wild Boars
Some of the boys rescued from a Thai cave are 'stateless.' What does that mean?
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