‘Everyone is safe’ after daring rescue of 13 in Thai cave

By Kaweewit Kaewjinda and
Stephen Wright
Wire Service Correspondents
MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — “Everyone is safe.” With those three words posted on Facebook the daring rescue mission to extricate 12 boys and their soccer coach from the treacherous confines of a flooded cave in Thailand was complete — a grueling 18-day ordeal that claimed the life of an experienced diver and riveted people worldwide.
 
Thailand’s Navy SEALs, who were central to the rescue effort,