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Time to get practiced if they had to do that option. as you heard earlier, at the moment, they cannot be left in the cave. so, it became the best option. none of the options were good options. so, at this point, it's the lesser of the evils. i will say, the cave divers who are there are among the best in the world. i know a couple of them personally. if the boys have any chance at all, it's because these people are the best at what they do. >> there are reports the parents in thailand traditionally warn kids to stay away from this cave complex. what is it that makes this cave complex so danger...

Poor kids from humble families. some can't even swim. so it's a very difficult operation, but you have to be sensitized to the local incre e expertise, the local needs. >> nbc's bill neely and janis mackey frayer have been up all night covering this for us. we'll go first to you, bill neely. you've been watching all of this unfold at the cave's mouth. i want to know where things stand right now. and i've got to just say, looking at you, you look drenched with rain. i don't think that's a good sign. >> reporter: well, you can see, and i can feel exactly why this operation was launched, alex. th...

The oxygen in our air we normally breathe is at 21 prls. it had gone down in the cave complex to 15% which means it was getting similar to what mountaineers experience, let's say, on mt. everest. very, very thin air and the possibility that the body weakens quite suddenly. you might not even know it. so falling ouks general levels were a real health concern. the other thing was falling rain. a few hours ago there was an immense cloud burst here that immediately flooded the area around me. so that kind of rain water going into the cave complex would undo all the work of pumping that water out t...

The higher you go, the more dangerous it is for weakened bodies and that what was happening sign the cave complex. oxygen levels went from 21% to 15%. that would have created a medical condition that meant the boys would weaken very quickly indeed for the reasons you're seeing now and the falling oxygen levels the rescue had to happen and the idea that they could drill down through the mountain and get a shaft and pop the boys out or the other option, leave the boys underground until september and october, those were ruled out. the boys were briefed. they knew what was going to happen. the par...

Conse consent. they were clean to get out. and the commander launched this operation with dramatic words. we may lose the window. this is d-day. and the reason they acted right now was two reasons. falling oxygen hell alevels. it was like the cave system on a high mountain range, like everest. the air was getting thinner and thinner. that would weaken everyone in this cave complex. the seconds thing was the rain. we were in a torrential downpour and there was a red line between the amount of rain falling and the water they could pump out of there. the commander decided the red line had been re...