Good lord, I am hyperventilating just reading this. The people that went in and saved these boys are amazing. I am glad the author took the time to pull this together to share the story of the divers as well. Absolutely amazing - mind-boggling amazing - what dedicated, skilled, selfless people can do.
I was wondering how far they had to dive as soon as I started reading, and then when they finally revealed it I was like "holy hell!"
It was mentioned that one of the drivers damaged his gear going in, and that's the case where it's something attached to your body, which you can develop a fair amount of feeling for, like you get used to driving a car and just know how wide it is. I can't imagine how it must feel to drag along a sedated human when you can't see anything. There must have been situations where you accidentally hit some obstacle with one of the kids and then this dreaded feeling of not knowing if you displaced the mask and are now dragging a kid drowning in it's sleep across the mud for another hour.
As cheesy as it might sound, this is one of these rare stories that restore faith in humanity. Absolutely amazing.
Wow. These videos bring home how insane the rescue was. I could not imagine anyone going through those tunnels with zero visibility and diving equipment, let alone while moving a sedated person along as well.
