How the boys were rescued

3rd chamber

(forward

operating base)

Water largely

drained to

this point

Schematic

view

Boys

found here

Pattaya

Beach

1

2

1 mile

1

The boys had been trapped for more than 13 days and oxygen levels were running low

2

At Pattaya Beach the boys were put into wrap around stretchers.

Two divers accompanied each boy supported by a chain of workers along the route

Main entrance

4

3

1 mile

3

More than a million cubic metres of water had been pumped from the cave but the boys were still underwater for much of the first mile of the journey

 

4

For the last mile, the stretchers were attached to a pulley system, guided over uneven, wet ground by more than 100 rescuers

Schematic view

3rd chamber (forward operating base)

Water largely drained to this point

Boys found here

Pattaya

Beach

1

2

3

1 mile

2

At Pattaya Beach the boys were put into wrap around stretchers.

Two divers accompanied each boy supported by a chain of workers along the route

1

The boys had been trapped for more than 13 days and oxygen levels were running low

Main entrance

3rd chamber (forward operating base)

Water largely drained to this point

4

3

1 mile

4

For the last mile, the stretchers were attached to a pulley system, guided over uneven, wet ground by more than 100 rescuers

3

More than a million cubic metres of water had been pumped from the cave but the boys were still underwater for much of the first mile of the journey