The British diver who found 12 Thai boys and their coach trapped alive in a flooded cave has described his "massive relief" as he counted them one by one, sparking a rescue bid unprecedented in its daring and complexity. The young "Wild Boars" and their 25-year-old football coach Ekkapol Chantawong wandered into the cave on June 23. The success of the rescue operation has even stunned its architects -- expert divers who battled muddy, rushing floodwaters for days to reach the group and eventually extract them.



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