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Immediately after 7:00 a.m. eastern. it went much better and faster than good. that is because the water level fell so low in some parts of the cave that it was actually walkable. a race against time to beat the heavy rain. they've been trapped two and a half miles deep for 16 very long days. the oxygen level in the cave has fallen to 15% and usual level is 21%. the next operation should start in the next eight hours. rescuers are refilling 100 oxygen tanks placed in the cave context to help divers and the boys through the dark narrow underwater corridor. to divers are come named the boys are ...

You will have a calm demeanor, they will reassure the kids everything is good. keep them laughing. a sense of humor in any situation is good. they should be sort of bantering with them, making sure the kids are lighthearted. if they do not series the seriousness of this they see it as this will be another adventure getting me out it will not be a problem, we have got you. >> that is very interesting. it makes a lot of sense but they have a lot in their shoulders there. not to make light of that at all. then there's the oxygen factor. talk about all of the people. so not as the oxygen only gett...

The last several day, is the fact that there is too much water, not pumped out as quickly, and deteriorating air quality. initially, when they talked about the possibility that boys could be in there for several months, the oxygen level was at 21%. now, it is crashed to 15%. they are worried, it could cause compkags, like hipoxia. they are feeling this sense of urgency. there have been more experienced international divers, who have come in to help. we could see action here and a rescue mission triggered in the next 24 to 48 hours. >> thank you for that. we will be watching. still ahead, new d...

Coach flooded in a cave in thailand as tragedy strikes. trace gallagher is standing by with the latest. trace? >> maria for the past four days the rescue teams in and around those caves in thailand have had very high hopes for getting 12 boys and their coach out safely. now that optimism has diminished a bit following the death of a thai navy seal. the 38-year-old expert diver was coming out of the cave around 1:00 in the morning when he ran out of oxygen and passed out. at the time, he was trying to establish an oxygen line into the chamber where the boys are trapped because the oxygen level ...

The oxygen level in the cave system is deteriorating. and this is posing a new wrinkle and a new concern. last night they were taking in hoses and trying to pump in air to increase or to improve the environment there. but with the number of divers who have been going in or out, there's only so much air in that controlled system. so they believe that it's becoming more and more unstable. there is the sense that there's going to be a decision imminently because the conditions, frankly, are never going to get better and they can only get worse. they've continued to pump water out of the cave syst...