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Rescuers Injured When SUV Goes Off Cliff, Activity at Cave

CHIANG RAI — Four people were injured when a vehicle carrying rescue volunteers went off a cliff.
Pairoj Toongtong, who owns a hotel and night markets, arrived Saturday to propose a lower-tech version of Elon Musk's already unlikely plan.

Not-SpaceX Shows Up as Cave Rescue Becomes Circus

CHIANG RAI — When someone showed up with a plan to free the cave 13 through an inflatable tunnel Saturday, it wasn't one of the SpaceX brainiacs.

Boys Should Come Out Today: Official

CHIANG RAI — The boys should be brought out of the cave today, the head of the rescue operation said Saturday.
Rescued tourists from a boat that sank are helped onto a pier from a fishing boat Thursday on Phuket. Photo: Associated Press

Search Resumes for 23 Missing Tourists in Boat Tragedy

PHUKET — Divers who entered the wreck of a tour boat that sank in a storm off the southern resort island of Phuket described heart-breaking scenes of bodies of children found in the arms of their mothers, as a search resumed Saturday for some 23 mostly Chinese tourists missing.

Rescue Hope! Oxygen Reaching Cave 13

CHIANG RAI — Oxygen tanks are being opened in the chamber where 13 people are trapped by flooding to prevent them from suffocating, the former governor who has led the operation said early Saturday morning.

Too Little Science in Thai Cave Coverage: Scholar

BANGKOK — Thai press paid more attention to drama than to scientific reporting in its coverage of the search-and-rescue effort of 13 people missing inside Luang Nang Non cave, an expert said Friday.
Border patrol police on Friday morning descend by rope from a helicopter onto a hill above the cave.

Alternate Cave Entries Sought as Suffocation Risk Grows

CHIANG RAI — The president of the national engineering association on Friday said a drilling effort at the far end of the cave may help reach those trapped inside faster.
Divers on Friday near the Tham Luang Nang Non.

Dimming Hope Means Nothing to Army of Volunteers

CHIANG RAI — Ivan Karadzic has been in the deep dark ferrying oxygen tanks to forward positions that rescue divers depend on.

3 Killed in Mae Hong Son Patrol Plane Crash

MAE HONG SON — Three officers died and one survived after a patrol plane crashed Thursday near the Myanmar border.

Rescue Diver Killed in Cave as Boys Running Out of Time

CHIANG RAI — Three nights after an unlikely miracle, a massive search-turned rescue effort in northern Thailand took a tragic turn when one of the rescue divers died early Friday morning.

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