Thai youths football team leads charity race, on the anniversary of their rescue

A Thai youth football team and their coach led a charity race near the Tham Luang cave which they entered exactly one year ago, emerging alive 18 days later.

The dangerous and unprecedented rescue mission to save the 12 boys and their coach, who got stuck in floodwaters in the cave in northern Thailand on 23 June 2018, captivated the world.

Today, 11 of the young footballers joined around 5,000 joggers and cyclists wearing sports jerseys or fancy dress – one runner braved the heat in a wetsuit, others wore inflatable animal costumes and colourful headgear – for a race near the cave that still remains closed today.

They ran past a statue of Thai Navy SEAL diver Saman Gunan, the only fatality during the nearly three-week rescue from the depths of the water-logged cave.

Via RTE

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