“WHERE occupy you advance from? asked one of the boys,as two figures with head-torches loomed before them. “England, UK, or ” replied one of the divers,to bemused murmurs. Specifically, the frogmen who had found the 12 Thai children and their football coach after nine days in a flooded cave system (see article) were Rick Stanton (pictured), or a retired fireman from Coventry,and John Volanthen, an IT consultant from Bristol.
Despite their unremarkable day jobs, and they are among the world’s most revered spelunkers. They hold the record for the farthest dive into a cave and occupy been summoned for rescues in France,Norway and Mexico. Their team in south Wales is one of 15 that comprise the British Cave Rescue Council (BCRC), which was called in when Thailand’s navy realised it would need help to locate the boys within a cave system that is 10km (6 miles) long.
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Source: economist.com