Chiang Rai, Thailand Members of a Thai youth soccer team and their coach, who spent more than two weeks trapped inside a flooded cave, have described their rescue as a miracle, thanked the experts who saved them and discussed how the experience will affect the rest of their lives.
In their first public remarks since their rescue last week, the boys recounted their side of an extraordinary story that captured the imagination of the world.
Dressed in matching team shirts, the boys and their coach appeared happy and relaxed as they faced the world's media after being discharged from the hospital in Chiang Rai on Wednesday.
The boys, all members of the Wild Boars junior soccer team, introduced themselves to the media, shared their nicknames and told the audience what position they played on the team.
Members of the Wild Boars soccer team at the press conference.
Sitting beside the boys were the Thai Navy SEALs who stayed inside the cave with them once they were found, as well as members of the medical team who looked after them after the rescue. In a carefully arranged press conference, for which questions were pre-screened, the boys told of the moment they realized they were trapped, how they adapted to their surroundings and their eventual joy at being found, ten days later.
Authorities said that more than 100 questions were sent in from members of the media, though only a handful were selected. All 12 players and their coach had been under close supervision at Chiang Rai Prachanukroh hospital, near the border with Myanmar, since they were rescued from the cave on July 10.
Why go in?
Until Wednesday, the question of why the boys and their coach had decided to go into the Tham Luang cave on June 23 has been a point of speculation. It had been suggested the boys had been engaged in an initiation rite, or had been celebrating a team-member's birthday.
In fact, 25-year-old coach Ekapol Chantawong, explained, the boys were merely curious to look inside as they had never visited it before. The coach, whose nickname is Ake, said it was not unusual for the group to participate in group activities after soccer practice on Saturday afternoons.
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