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A student who was one of those trapped in a Thai cave alongside his 12 football teammates five years ago, has this week graduated high school - and reunited with the man who rescued him. Adul Samon, now 19, survived on trickles of water during the 18-day ordeal which shook the world. Rick Stanton, a volunteer from an elite British diving team, was one of those who helped bring the boys out, and made sure he was there for Samon’s graduation from The Masters School outside of New York City. “I’m very proud of the fact that I was partly responsible for his, you know, his life, in a way. And...

Five years after being rescued from a cave in Thailand, Adul Samon has finished high school in America and was reunited with his rescuer at graduat...

After five years, Adul Samon reunited with Rick Stanton, who rescued him and 12 others from a Thailand cave after they were trapped.

>> i am really happy. >> we are happy, too. >> rick talking to 14-year-old adun samon. adun spoke english and had become a leader down in that cave. >> it's okay. >> it's okay. >> many people are coming. >> incredibly over the next three days, rick and that team would get all of the boys and that coach out alive. tonight, five years after that rescue, adun is still playing soccer, but now right here in the u.s. >> this is just life-changing for me coming to the -- to the united states. >> reporter: this was adun arriving in america to begin studying at the masters school, just outside new york...

Dance for a Difference, the weekly Zumba-for-charity classes started by Dobbs Ferry resident Laura Sobel in March, has been so successful that she’s extending the program into the fall.