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Swimming in order to get out, is there any way, since they are not experts that they could be attached to an expert and try to get out that way. >> well, they will be accompanied by the divers who are currently training them and other divers who would be coming in. but it is not as simple as just attaching them to another diver, several places that they have to go through are very tight. and so tight that the divers initially had to take their equipment off in order to wiggle through it. and so that does not give a lot of space to do that kind of a rescue. where you might do that in open water...

Rescue that team of 12 young soccer players trapped in a cave in thailand. a threat of monsoon rains expected to hit the area at the end of this week is forcing rescue teams to come up with alternative plans to free the boys and their soccer coach. nbc's janis mackey frayer joins us live from sigh land. janis, good to have you with us. the boys have been trapped for some 12 days. give us an update on the rescue efforts and the condition of the players and their coach. >> reporter: well, the race against time is now a race against the rain, and rescue workers need to decide how and when they're...

Roughly half an inch every hour. the problem of course is when the rains come, they're going to rise five times faster. there's been a lot more activity here tonight. behind me, they've been getting some hoses ready to take into the cave system. they're going to be pumping fresh air into the cave system in the event of an evacuation attempt. there are a lot of really tough calculations being made here tonight. including the order of evacuation. who do they put out first? do they send the strongest? the weakest? the youngest? we know from the governor of the province, there are at least three k...

Any new updates? >> this is a very critical 24-hour period with the rains looming. but reports that the water levels inside the cave system are much lower. there are sections of the nearly three-mile journey the boys would have to make that are actually walkable. other parts of the system, other chambers, the water is low enough that the boys would be able to float with the help of the navy divers. it's still those areas where the boys would have to do some diving that pose the greatest risk. we know they can't swim. they're trying to learn some basics. the biggest risk in that is actually pan...

Be free and not out of danger yesterday. new video shows them, well, in good spirits, actually. you can see navy divers with them, including one doctor who has tending to their cuts, keeping their spirits up, even teasing them about the global fan club they have and what they want to say to the people who are watching. but it is, as you say, a bit of a race against time. the weather is good right now. they are pumping million of gallons of water out of the this cave system every day. the water levels are receding, but monsoon rains are expected to restart in a day or two, and that is a danger,...