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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...

Practicing with so they can breathe in those sections that still required them to go under water. then they were going to be using something called the buddy diving system. this is where each boy would be tethered to skilled divers who would then be able to guide them through these very nice stay twisted passages that posed so much worry over the past couple weeks. the water level in the cave system had gone down considerably. about a third of the journey was said to be -- >> all right. janis mackey frayer, you're staigsed at the hospital. arizona soon as we have boys making their way there. l...

>> reporter: that's right. it means that the window is still open. they want to get this done one feels before the monsoon rain or even before substantial rain lashes the mountains behind me. because the boys have been trapped now in that cave system for 15 days. if the rain really comes down, they could be flooded. the leader of the command team saying that in fact they could just have a 10 square meter space left in it continues and of course the currents would increase and the difficulty of getting them out in an already extremely difficult rescue would just increase. now, there is a feelin...

Amount of divers in the cave system. >> you explained to david mckenzie the challenges of such a tight space. you're a professional rescue diver. some of these boys, as we know, do not even know how to swim much less dive. what are your concerns for their ability to get out and quickly and without becoming anxious? >> there's a lot of concern of trying to approach the most simple and solid way of doing it like rescuers taking care of the children along the way. >> you volunteered to come in and help with this rescue mission. has it been something that you have been able to -- you feel like you...

Enough for them. >> absolutely. david mckenzie, thank you so much. we also spoke earlier with micco paasi, a finnish diver with the rescue operation. he told us about the challenges that stimuli ahead. >> we have very good hopes here, the water level is very low at the moment and we've seen more pumps than ever and it's going down very fast. but the weather is changing. that might affect the outcome. monsoon time here with a lot of water in through the cave system in about three hours. that will be one of the biggest concerns. >> mikko, explain how this goes about. you were talking about how...