Rescuers free 4 men who had been trapped in a flooded Laos cave, search for 2 still missing
A multinational team freed the last four villagers after 10 days underground, while rescuers continued searching for two others.
- Thai rescuers pulled four people from a flooded cave in Laos on Saturday, ending a multi-day ordeal for the group trapped underground.
- Seven Lao nationals entered caves in Xaisomboun on May 20 to prospect for gold, but heavy rain flooded the tunnels and landslides sealed the entrance, trapping them for 10 days.
- Australian diver Josh Richards assisted in the rescue, describing tight passages as "grinding your face through mud and water." Rescuers located five men alive on Wednesday in a narrow shaft around 300 metres from the cave mouth.
- One villager was freed on Friday evening, while the final four emerged yesterday to Shouts of jubilation, with medical staff treating the group after their days-long ordeal.
- The major Rescue operation continues in central Xaisomboun as teams search for the remaining two individuals still missing since the flooding began.
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Between Friday and Saturday, rescue teams in Xaisomboun, Laos, managed to remove five people from a flooded cave who had been trapped since May 20 when they entered this place, presumably in search of gold.The Rescue Volunteer for People organization shared a few days ago the record in which the volunteers celebrated when they managed to find the whereabouts of five of the seven people who were trapped.Later, in other videos published this weeke…
Rescue teams in Laos have pulled four more people from a flooded cave, after rescuing the first on Friday, but two more are still missing.
10 Days After Laos Cave Flood, 4 More Are Rescued
Rescue workers in Laos said Saturday they've evacuated four villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days, the day after another one was successfully extracted . Two men remain missing. Lao and Thai rescue groups posted about the successful operation on social media, along with photos of the men lying...
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