Lead Diver News Today

Themselves? >> well, based on previous reports, i can only go under the assumption of what i heard. they are tether ed -- they tet r tethered each individual boy to the lead diver. the second diver, which is essentially a safety diver, is following behind. based on the previous stories that the boys had no swimming capability, it sounds as they are pulling the boys along with the addition of the heavy gauge rope installed in the system over the past several days. it is highly likely that the cav...

About. the first diver will lead the soccer player through. hell have the full face mask on. the lead rescue diver will take the air tank that the soccer player is breathing from and take him through the water, through that narrow passageway, with another rescue diver following behind. now, hopefully these boys have been through all the training, all the practice, and are still calm with what theyve been trained on. then they will take them one at a time up through this first passageway to what ...

At the moment. they are taking solid food, but i think food with lots of spice is not, perhaps, what they need at the moment. as for what theyve been through, my goodness. i mean, i -- i can swim a lot, but i cant swim for two and a half hours with a full face mask on. these are kids who could barely float. none of them are strong swimmers, and what have they done the very first thing they face when they leave that ledge is the worst bit. thats the bit thats most sub americaed. it -- submerged. ...

The operation, approaching the boys cave sometime today and taking first two boys out. each boy had one diver behind, one diver ahead. they were virtually underneath the lead diver. and, of course, at one point, they had to don their scuba masks and go underneath the water. we dont know for how long. but that is a perilous journey for young boys, most of whom who have no swimming ability whatsoever. and then the first of the boys emerged. there were cheers. the divers at the cave entrance began ...