Thai cave rescue hero dies of cancer at 58
Narongsak Osottanakorn, the Thai official who oversaw the dramatic cave rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach in 2018, has died at the age of 58. Osottanakorn’s death: Osottanakorn died at around 5:40 p.m. local time on Wednesday at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok after battling cancer for five years. About the official: Osottanakorn, who was born in 1965, was a veteran bureaucrat who served in several public service roles, including as an inspector at the Ministry of Interior and as the governor of Chiang Rai province in 2017, where the successful cave rescue mission took place.