first boy being rescued. we re hoping and praying that he does come out at the end with the diver safely. why does this take so long? should we expect it to take a matter of days at this point? people don t understand how much gear these guys have. they re normally traveling with two full scuba tanks and a reserve pony bottle. they could have upwards of 150 pounds of gear and it s not a straight swim. they ve got to climb, got to get out and walk, retank up. there s a whole lot of stuff that has to happen for them to actually get to the kid. then they have to do it in the backwards fashion, put all of that stuff on with the kids now. so it s a whole bunch of different steps to this process. you know, they ve got a lot of gear and they re not swimming the whole time. they re climbing walks, getting out and walking. they ve got to take the gear off. there are a whole lot of stage to this mission much like
will obviously struggle even more some we already lost one diver two or three days ago. an experienced diver who couldn t make it. it s unbelievable. that is why it takes so long. because they have the heavy equipment. and you re dealing with boys who don t have experience even swimming, any of them. and you think of them being malnourished. they haven t had that much food over the last couple of weeks. we talked to a former navy s.e.a.l. last hour and he said that the divers rescue mission he compared it to climbing mt. everest. here is what he told us. people don t understand how much gear these guys have. they re normally traveling with two full scuba tanks and a reserve pony bottle. they could haveup wards of 150 pounds of gear. and it s not a straight swim. they ve got to climb, they ve got to get out and walk, then they have to do it in the backwards fashion, presiden putf