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Personnel, you guys were in chamber three. the 2.5 miles in to where the boys were trapped, what was going on there, who was there? >> our role during the execution portion was to have our team staged in chamber three. that was to provide whascommand control to the s.e.a.l.s transporting the children from chamber nine to chamber three. when the children got to chamber three, being able to provide that transport to the thai medical authorities at the entrance was critical -- >> reporter: carrying these kids on stretchers, right? >> yeah. i mean, bringing them out to make sure they have the appr...

One. underneath each diver. so each diver had a boy underneath him as they submerged into the water. the boys wearing full scuba masks and then after about a mile, they were able to reach what's called chamber three which is dry, and from there, they could walk, but all told from the place they were to the mouth of the cave, it's about two miles, and remember, these are boys who were weakened, who didn't have anything to eat or virtually nothing we understand for nine days. so an extraordinary operation. they held onto guidelines. they had oxygen lines along the way. there were divers all ago ...

Once they get to who's called chamber three, it is basically dry from then on, but you imagine going up through a jagged, i don't know, mountain range in new mexico. that's the kind of thing that we're talking about underground. so this is no walk in the park, and one boy when he came out yesterday had to be treated at the mouth of the cave because he just wasn't feeling up to it. and he was one of the strongest. the things they've gone through extraordinary. the divers, too. remember, one died. they've been drilling the walls of the cave. they've been diverting the river channels so when the ...