Thanks, Geary.
I guess it almost goes without saying that the is biggest and most
complicated cave rescue in the world ever, unless you know of another
one. I'm sure movies about it are already in the works. A tragedy was
averted, but it's still daunting. If they drill a shaft, and assuming
that there is not too much overburden, they'll have to get a cave radio
into where the kids were found. Their coach must have been a hero, to
keep them all together and optimistic and alive. I wonder if they ran
out of light before they were found. Shining those bright lights into
their faces after 10 days of darkness was not a good thing to do.
Regards,
Lee
On 7/3/2018 3:08 PM, Geary Schindel wrote:
Lee,
I also wanted to say that your feeds are the latest and most up to
date on the situation. Thank you for sharing them.
The NSS has had a number of calls from the media regarding this issue.
I’ve directed calls first to Anmar Mirza who is the National
Coordinator for the National Cave Rescue Commission. I’ve handled any
overflow that Anmar couldn’t get to. Anmar has been pulled in numerous
directions from the media and has done an excellent job.
Couple of points.
The media coverage has actually been pretty good
considering most media doesn’t have an idea what a cave is or about
cave rescues. As the event has gone on, the reports become more
factual. Having worked a similar incident at P-11 Cave in Kentucky in
1984, I can tell you the quality of reporting is much better (See the
July 1984 NSS News for a number of reports on accidents and the P-11
incident).
The Thai government has poured the resources of the
country behind the search and rescue efforts and have brought in
specialists from around the world. They appear to have done an
outstanding job under very difficult conditions and are investigating
all of their options. The British cave divers are some of the best in
the world and are used to diving in really bad conditions.
A positive outcome of the event is not certain as there are a lot of
issues that can go wrong and the situation and their response is
evolving quickly.
Geary Schindel
President
National Speleological Society
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*Subject:* Re: [SWR CAVERS] The rescue attempt is far from over in the
Thai cave
Just wanted to say “thank you”, Lee, for keeping us all up to date on
this rescue effort. You’ve made it considerably easier to find the
latest, most important details about the rescue. It certainly is far
from being over with, but at least there is support for the teens and
those who risked their own lives in trying to find them under
extremely dangerous circumstances. I’ve had my own share of rescues
and injuries already and they all pale in comparison to the difficulty
of this one.
Peter
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On Jul 3, 2018, at 11:48 AM, Lee H. Skinner <skin...@thuntek.net
<mailto:skin...@thuntek.net>> wrote:
A video depicting great graphics about the rescue: --Lee Skinner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbyFGQD_ctU&t=9s
<https://youtu.be/jbyFGQD_ctU>
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