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"I never thought I would come this far, and I would be sitting here in the United States," Adul Samon was quoted as saying

One of the survivors of the Thai soccer team that was rescued from a cave five years ago has reunited with his rescuer. Daring rescue: Adul Samon, now 19 years old, was among the 12-member Wild Boars soccer team who found themselves trapped in Thailand’s Tham Luang Nang Non cave due to heavy rainfall on June 23, 2018. On the ninth day, British divers John Volanthen and Rick Stanton discovered the group alive on an elevated rock approximately 2.5 miles from the cave entrance.

A student who was one of those trapped in a Thai cave alongside his 12 football teammates five years ago, has this week graduated high school - and reunited with the man who rescued him. Adul Samon, now 19, survived on trickles of water during the 18-day ordeal which shook the world. Rick Stanton, a volunteer from an elite British diving team, was one of those who helped bring the boys out, and made sure he was there for Samon’s graduation from The Masters School outside of New York City. “I...

Five years after being rescued from a cave in Thailand, Adul Samon has finished high school in America and was reunited with his rescuer at graduat...

After five years, Adul Samon reunited with Rick Stanton, who rescued him and 12 others from a Thailand cave after they were trapped.

>> i am really happy. >> we are happy, too. >> rick talking to 14-year-old adun samon. adun spoke english and had become a leader down in that cave. >> its okay. >> its okay. >> many people are coming. >> incredibly over the next three days, rick and that team would get all of the boys and that coach out alive. tonight, five years after that rescue, adun is still playing soccer, but now right here in the u.s. >> this is just life-changing for me coming to the -- to the united states. >> reporter...

Our camera there on graduation day. and there was someone else there, too -- his rescuer, rick stanton. >> its great to see his development from when he was a vulnerable child to being an adult and going to medical school. how amazing is that? you know, ive -- im very proud of the fact that i was partly responsible for his -- his -- you know, his life, in a way. >> reporter: aduns rescuer, rick, who offered so many reassuring words in that cave, now offering them at commencement. >> as a cave ex...

The Australian anaesthetist and cave-diver on why he believes in sensible risk-taking.

The Australian anaesthetist and cave-diver on why he believes in sensible risk-taking.

The Australian anaesthetist and cave-diver on why he believes in sensible risk-taking.