It’s official. Everyone who was trapped in the Thai cave– all 12 boys plus their coach– have been brought to safety.
On the first two days of the dangerous escape bid, eight brave children were rescued from the living nightmare after swimming through muddy water chaperoned by two adult guides.
A ninth child was saved this morning while reporters saw an ambulance leaving the site in northern Thailand.
Minutes later, a tenth person was seen being stretchered away from the site by a witness who works for the Reuters news agency.
Witnesses the confirmed that an 11th lad was carried from the site before reports from the scene revealed that the last boy and the football coach had been successfully rescued.
The Royal Thai Navy Seals confirmed that the mission was complete on their Facebook page.
They posted: “All 12 Wild Boars and coach have been extracted from the cave. Hooyah!”
YES!!!!!
BREAKING: All 12 boys and their coach from the youth soccer team trapped in a flooded Thai cave for nearly three weeks have now been rescued, according to an eyewitness who is part of the rescue operations https://t.co/am3NCT5I8z pic.twitter.com/wC9S9VdEYi
— CNN (@CNN) July 10, 2018
All 12 boys and their football coach have been rescued from a cave in Thailand, according to Royal Thai Navy Seals. Sky's @sallylockwood is there and has this latest update.
Follow the story live here: https://t.co/NpUaUnqxEL pic.twitter.com/KMOkXe8Zlk
— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 10, 2018
FOX NEWS ALERT: All 12 boys and their soccer coach rescued from Thailand cave | @Jeff_Journalist pic.twitter.com/mA49ikq2Ky
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) July 10, 2018
"People just won't believe it" – @SiobhanRobbins is at the hospital where all 12 boys and their football coach will be treated after being rescued from a #Thailandcave
Find out how it happened here: https://t.co/EWAAlmlI4k pic.twitter.com/QKq9fTnBOU
— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 10, 2018
God bless everyone who put their life on the line to save the team. Such bravery, and SUCH a sigh of relief for their families.