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Another boy has been removed from the cave where the soccer teammates have been trapped for 18 days. that makes it two out today. rescue teams working right now to bring out two more boys and the coach who remain in the cave. let's go to ivan watson in northern thailand with the latest. ivan. >> reporter: dave and christine, that is right. we can report that an eyewitness part of the rescue operation tells cnn that a tenth boy has emerged from the cave complex and is now being checked over and treated at the field hospital that has been erected outside the entrance of the cave. the rescue oper...

Actually lower and shallow, it is harder because the current is stronger and all of this is being done in the darkness as well. we can report that a tenth boy has been rescued in the last couple hours. there remain two boys and the adult soccer coach who are still to be rescued as well as three thai nailvy s.e.a.l. divers and the doctor. they remained with the group ever since they reached them trying to maintain their health and ensure they survive the terrible ordeal. dave and christine. >> ivan, quickly, the boys that have been admitted to hospital, the other eight, these two now are en rou...

Elections. >> phil and michael. thank you. only eight hours after the pick. lots to mull over. >> indeed. thank you. the operation to rescue the four remaining boys and soccer coach from the cave in thailand has resumed this morning. officials are hoping the rescue efforts end today. let's go to northern thailand and bring in cnn's ivan watson. ivan, what is the latest? >> reporter: dave, the rescue operation resumed again at 10:00 a.m. local time. it has been under way for six hours. resumed earlier than originally telegraphed by the authorities here. they say the goal today is to rescue th...

>> the good news is now it is a matter of when they get to hug their parents and eat delicious meals again. let's go back to ivan watson not far from the cave for the last word on the three boys and coach remaining inside that cave. ivan. >> reporter: we'll be following closely the continuation of this rescue operation. remarkable multinational effort which has some 90 people and number of international divers and thai divers conducting this per perilous operation. the chief predicts the four boy notice cave at the start of the -- boys in the cave at the start of the day and the lone adult wit...

The thai government doesn't want to have anything go wrong in the critical and vulnerable period in the hours and days after the rescue. >> you have a good point, ivan. they were said to evacuate the strongest first. are we led to believe that process continued and we should be cautious? there is still a long way to go if you believe the three remaining boys could be among the weakest as swimmers or conditions physically? >> all right. ivan is working the scene. we lost his audio. we will let him get out and do more reporting. boy number nine is out of the thai cave. matt rivers has been repor...