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logistical resatellite that -- resupply that our folks did. bringing in food, dive equipment. this was a multi-day thai-led rescue operation. having to restage for every phase of the operation, our team was here to support our thai partners in that. >> reporter: captain jessica tate from the u.s. air force, thanks for filling us in. kate, that's the first time i've talked to a member of the international rescue operation led by the thais, of course, and they lost one of their own. a former navy s.e.a.l. who died last week. the mission commander calling for a round of applause at a recent press conference he gave here for as he described him sergeant sam, as he's affectionately known. we can report that everybody seems to be out of harm's way. the kids, their coach, and the heroic thai divers who spent more than a week, four of them, a doctor and three navy s.e.a.l. divers, who spent more than a week with the kids at a depth of
well be a swimming -- they have to swim out. use dive equipment but same time, jim, during the day today looking for holes above the cave, natural chimneys that they can hopefully get into the kids, pull them out that way. of course, that would be preferable and seems unlikely at this point. >> matt, how difficult are the conditions for the divers? if this's the scenario they have to go with in thailand, that's critical what the conditions are. >> absolutely. and the conditions from what we hear are just terrible. let's play you some sound with one thai diver who spoke to cnn yesterday. >> translator: it's zero visibility down there. you can't even see the face of your diving buddy. you can only do hand signals, gestures like are you still okay? in the dark and in the water, it would be difficult for the divers to communicate with the children. >> reporter: and so, that's what an experienced diver is saying. that shows you how difficult