The 12 Thai young footballers and their coach rescued from the flooded cave in northern Thailand made their public appearance on Wednesday, promising to be more careful and live their lives the fullest.
The boys, aged between 11 and 16, together with their coach, 25, wore T-shirts emblazoned with a red graphic of a wild boar and gently kicked footballs when they turned up at the press conference here in Chiang Rai.
Adul, 14, described the moment they were found as miraculous. He said “hello” to the British divers who found them in the dark and submerged cave on July 2.
The boys said they tried to stay calm and encouraged each other that there is hope of life when they were trapped in the deep cave.
Coach Ekkapol said they brought no food into the cave and survived with clean water from the rocks of the cave. He taught the boys to meditate, as a way to save their energy and calm them down.
The boys mourned over the volunteer diver, a former Navy SEAL who died in the rescue…
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