Aquanaut: A Life Beneath The Surface – The Inside Story of the Thai Cave Rescue

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Riveting...a powerful story written by a hero who lived it.’ —RON HOWARD, Oscar-winning director of Apollo 13

Elon’s engineers must have known it was not fit for purpose. I spoke to Elon on the phone and while I didn’t hang up on him, I told him, ‘I’ve got to go,’ which I don’t think he’s used to.” With a team of divers relaying tanks of oxygen to colleagues deeper in the cave system, the rescue began on July 8 and would take two days. The mission spearheaded by Stanton ultimately found the Wild Boars huddled together on a small ledge in a chamber of the vast cave system on 2 July 2018. Stanton and his colleagues gave medicine as well as foil blankets to the Wild Boars – and then led them to the surface over a three-day period culminating on 10 July 2018. Dr Harris was right behind me and we got him into the recovery position and we took an hour stabilising him before we carried on. I was the last one out that day.

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I carefully held his precious life in my grasp, bearing the full weight of responsibility towards his survival through the most extreme of circumstances. READ ABOUT THE HEROIC RESCUE, AS SEEN IN RON HOWARD'S THIRTEEN LIVES, FROM THE MAN AT THE HEART OF THE SEARCH.

In this story of breathtaking courage and nerves of steel, John reveals how responding positively to the statement, ‘But I can’t…’ by stating, ‘I can,’ led to one of the most incredible rescues of all time. verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ How preposterous was it that there was a 57-year-old man flown out from England to take part in this rescue. It does seem a bit far-fetched.” In the aftermath, many learned that Samon was one of the few boys on the Wild Boars who could speak English. Teammates also recounted how he emerged as a leader among them in the days that their fates hung in the balance.Samon later received a full scholarship from the Masters School to study there and he became the captain of its soccer team.