ok..soon as I closed this-they made it official- soooooooooooooooo now we wait...
1m ago04:36Rescue mission is underway, governor confirmsThe rescue mission has begun, the governor has confirmed at a press conference this morning.18 divers have been sent into the caves to retrieve the 12 boys and their football coach. The 13 people inside the cave have been informed and are ready and their families have been informed.Medical teams have been rehearsing for three days and are ready to treat the group when they emerge.

BUT ARE THEY ALIVE? 

As efforts ended for the night, the rescue operation chief said they would resume in 10 to 20 hours because workers "used all the oxygen" and needed to reset their air tanks. Rescue operations were set to resume at 8 a.m. Monday (9 p.m. ET Sunday)...

The boys traveled more than half a mile underwater with the first one coming out of the cave at 5:40 p.m. More than 90 divers have been involved in the dive, according to officials...
"Divers will work with doctors in the cave to examine each the kids' health to determine who should get to come out first," Narongsak said in the morning...President Donald Trump said on Sunday morning that the U.S. "is working very closely with the Government of Thailand to help get all of the children out of the cave and to safety.""Very brave and talented people!" he said on Twitter.

 The rescue effort progressed much quicker than expected, with a reporter at the scene — one of the few allowed access to the site by the cave entrance by Thai authorities — apparently told by rescue teams that lowered water levels (up to nearly a foot since Saturday) had shortened the journey out of the cave and made much of the route walkable.Some of the children are poor swimmers, prompting earlier warnings that the nearly three-mile journey out of the cave could take as long as two to four days to complete...“We have reached peak readiness,” continued the governor. “The meaning of readiness is… perfect weather, water and the kids’ readiness, physical and mentally.”Optimism was high that the divers could successfully complete their mission and get the group out of the cave unscathed.The boys and their coach, meanwhile, were said to be mentally prepared to tackle the fraught journey through the tunnels.
 

Last edited by cossysmom (7/08/2018 7:49 pm)

All the boys and the coach are out!  The last group is on the way to the hospital!!

Those rescuers are heroes!

So happy for this news!

GREAT News!!!  Finally, they are out!

And thank you plan b for making the title of this thread about really "GOOD" news!

Everyone's updates were truly appreciated...

From what I understand, it was common practice for the teams/boys to enter this cave (maybe others) after practice and run to the end, touch "base" and run out. They just got caught in the floods. I hope they stop that game...no fun. End of a nightmare.