THAM LUANG CAVE, Thailand—A dangerous rescue mission to free 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach trapped inside a Thai cave for two weeks began on July 8, authorities said, with the first survivor to possibly emerge 11 hours later.
Thirteen foreign divers and five members of Thailand’s elite Navy SEAL unit would attempt to bring the boys—some of whom are as young as 11 and not strong swimmers—through narrow, submerged passageways that claimed the life of a former Thai navy diver earlier this week.
