Rescue started 40 minutes ago. 13 divers will bring the team out one by one, confirms Governor. Says they won’t be out for at least 11 hours #thaicaverescue pic.twitter.com/RB4CJPxe3s
— Daniel Sutton (@danielsutton10) July 8, 2018
BREAKING: Chiang Rai governor confirms rescue operation started at 10 am local time. They will take them one by one. How quickly they move them out will depend on the conditions. And water levels
— amanda hodge (@hodgeamanda) July 8, 2018
Summary so far – it's on. 18 divers went in at 10am. Families and boys have been informed #ThamLuangCave
— michael safi (@safimichael) July 8, 2018
At 10am, 18 divers entered the cave – 13 international divers and five Thai divers.
#ThamLaung rescue commander at presser now: “We apologize that we have to [ask the media to clear and] use the space now for our rescue operation.”
— Saksith Saiyasombut (@SaksithCNA) July 8, 2018