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Angel Alderete is enthusiastic about life, but not in a rah-rah kind of way. The Weatherford sophomore’s zest for taking on his challenges is found more deeply in words like

The border? >> reporter: yeah, there are. and people continuing to cross this morning. weve seen it over the past few hours, not quite the numbers we saw yesterday, but i can show you, you can see some people who are actually coming here from the mexico side going back across to the u.s. theyre following that guide rope that has basically been strung across both sides of the border. as of now, theyre being allowed to cross back and forth. we can pan around and show you the other side. you can se...

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27th, four days after the boys went missing. the challenge was immediately obvious, water the color of cold coffee, almost no visibility, swimming against ator rent of water, the engorged stream that run through the cave. the divers war able to lay down a crucial guide rope and on the seventh day of diving, monday, july 7th, they pound the boys perched on a ledge and were met by an unforgettable chorus of little voices. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> how many of you? >> 13. >> 13? >> yes. >> bri...

Shorts ante shirts and wellington boots. they made the first exploratory dive on wednesday june 27th four days after the boys went missing. the challenge was immediately obvious. the waerpt the color of cold coffee almost no visibility, swimming againstatorent of water, the engorged stream running through the cave. the divers were able to hey down a guide rope and on the seventh day of diving, monday, july the 2nd they found the boys perched on a reccy ledge and were met by an unforgettable chor...

Partner, john, a consultants from bristol. in cave diving, they are pretty much as good as it gets. at the request of the thai command center, they were flown up from britain. on the ground, they almost passed unnoticed, just two guys in dark shorts, t-shirts. the british divers made their first exploratory dive on wednesday june 27, four days after the boys went missing. the challenge was immediate obvious, water the color of cold coffee, almost no visibility. swimming against a torrent of wate...

Way in, it was supposed to take about six hours. on the way out, about five hours. part of the thing i wonder about is whether some of that has to do with current. theres been a lot of talk about strong current of the water. and presumably, if going back the current is pushing them and they can kind of drift dive, it would speed them up. but current can be a huge problem when youre dealing with darkness like this, right? >> very much. so you have to believe that the current is running out of the...

New images tonight showing the progress. areas in front of the cave, previously only accessible by divers, now passable on foot. but part of that treacherous 2.9-mile maze includes chambers filled to the ceiling with water, narrow tunnels teams will work to expand. right now, diving is the only way out. but officials say that option is off the table for the boys. the fear they could panic, the danger, too great. look how rough the current is. this professional fighting to hold onto a guide rope....

Fires as if someone were about to shovel in some cold large pile those things all make the dive really interesting of us and you know. its hard to stop because time and again i experience new things on a dive there are no limits like the stores i dont think i could lead a normal life i need the adrenaline and the kick from always discovering something new with noise its part of my make up and its good although i have to find. a conference one week before next record attempt in training the guide...