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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> LOCAL THAILAND RESCUE
VOLUNTEERS CELEBRATED TODAY
AFTER HEARING THE NEWS THAT THE
LAST PERSON TRAPPED INSIDE THE
THAILAND CAVE WAS RESCUED.
INTERNATIONAL DIVERS NAVIGATED
A TREACHEROUS 2.5 MILE ROUTE TO
BRING THE BOYS OUT OF DARKNESS
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. HELICOPTERS FLEW THE BOYS TO A
HOSPITAL WHERE THEY WILL BE HEL@
IN ISOLATION AND TESTED FOR
INFECTION BEFORE BEING REUNITED
WITH THEIR FAMILI4@ES.
SPENDING MORE THAN TWO WEEKS
UNDERGROUND HAS TO TAKE A TOLL
ON YOUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
HEALTH.
HEALTH.
HEALTH. WE WILL EXPLORE BOTH OF THOSE
BUT WE START WITH THE EMOTIONAL
SIDE.
SIDE.
SIDE. DR.
SIDE. DR. JONES IS AN EXPERT IN
POSTTRAUMATIC PSYCHOLOGY AND
STRESS AT VIRGINIA TECH.
HE JOINS US NOW VIA SKYPE. I
CAN IMAGINE THIS WAS ALREADY
STRESSFUL, WHAT WERE THEY
DEALING WITH INSIDE THE CAVE
NOT KNOWING WHEN THEY WOULD BE
RESCUED?
RESCUED?
RESCUED? >> IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THES4
KIDS WERE UNDER A BIT OF
DISTRESS AND A GOOD BIT OF
TRAUMA.
TRAUMA.
TRAUMA. WE DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WAS
GOING ON THERE,4@ BUT THAT HAD
BE VERY ANXIETY PROVOKING FOR
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. THEY WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE
SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY, FEAR4@,
APPREHENSION, AND PROBABLY A
GOOD BIT OF UNCERTAINTY.
>> I WOULD THINK SO, NOW THAT
THEY ARE OUT4@, I WOULD BET YOU
THAT THERE IS EVEN MORE
STRESSORS THAT THEY COULD BE
DEALING WITH, CAN YOU TALK
ABOUT WHAT THEY MIGHT BE
DEALING WITH NOW THAT THEY ARE
OUT? 4@
OUT? 4@
OUT? 4@ >> I THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO
RECOVER AND MOVE ON. 4@
AT SOME POINT THEY WILL TRY TO
MAKE SENSE OF THIS. THEY WILL
BE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
FAMILY MEMBERS AND ONE OF THE
GREAT THINGS IS THAT THEY ARE
SURROUNDED BY LOVED ONES,
FRIENDS, MOMS, DADS.
I ALSO HEARD THAT THEY ARE
BEING FED CHOCOLATE.
THAT IS ALSO GREAT FOR THEM.
>> I CAN IMAGINE THEY HAVE
PROBABLY BONDED TOGETHER AFTER
THIS EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
>> THAT IS VERY LIKELY.
I AM HOPING THAT 4@A GOOD BIT O
>> THAT IS VERY LIKELY. I AM HOPING THAT 4@A GOOD BIT O@
ENCOURAGEMENT 4@WILL HELP.
I KNOW THE COACH HAD THEM
ENGAGING IN MEDITATION WHICH IS
VERY GOOD, THEY ARE ALL ABOUT
THE SAME AGE SO THEY HAVE
HISTORY, OF COURSE, PRIOR TO
GOING INTO THE CAVE THEY HAD
SOME CAMARADERIE AND SUPPORT.4@
AND I HOPE IT WAS MAINTAINED
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DEAL.
>> WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT WILL
THEY NEED FROM THEIR FAMILIES,
THEIR COMMUNITY, AND THE WORLD?
>> THAT IS AN EXCELLENT
QUESTION, ONE OF THE 4@THINGS 4
>> THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, ONE OF THE 4@THINGS 4@
THEY WILL NEED SUPPORT OF THEIR
FAMILY, FRIENDS, COMMUNITY,
JUST EVERYONE BEING THERE SO
THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN TALK
ABOUT IT AND DISCUSS IT4@. AG4@
I THINK THAT IS 4@GOING 4@TO BE
VERY ESSENTIAL.
VERY ESSENTIAL. >>4@ DR. JONES, THANK YOU SO MU
FOR BEING HERE.
>>> WE DO NOT WANT TO FORGET
THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF BEING
TRAPPED INSIDE A CAVE, THAT
MUST'VE BEEN TOUGH AS WELL, WE
WERE BRINGING IN4@ DR. AMI PATE
WITH MED4@STAR GEORGETOWN
HOSPITAL, THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE, WHAT KIND OF PHYSICAL
INJURIES COULD THEY BE DEALING
WITH?
WITH?
WITH? >>
WITH? >> THERE IS A VARIETY OF THINGS
THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT THEY
MIGHT HAVE ENCOUNTERED IN THE
CAVE, ESPECIALLY FOR SO LONG.
ONE OF THE MAIN PHYSICAL THINGS
THAT I THINK WE ALL WORRY ABOUT
IS DEHYDRATION AND
MALNUTRITION.
MALNUTRITION. THEY WERE THERE FOR SEVERAL
DAYS BEFORE BEING FOUND.
THEN STARTING TO GET FOOD, 4@
WATER, AND THAT SORT OF THING
TO HELP THEM, BUT THEY STILL
FACE SIGNIFICANT MALNUTRITION
AND DEHYDRATION, THOSE ARE THE
IMMEDIATE THINGS THAT DOCTORS
WILL BE HELPING THEM WITH.
ALSO THEY WERE IN A LOWER OXYGEN
ENVIRONMENT THAN TYPICAL.
THAT WILL BE A FACTOR THAT WE
EXPECT KIDS4@ ARE ABLE TO RECOV
FROM, BUT IT WILL CERTAINLY
MAKE THEM MORE 4@TIRED, FATIGUE
HEADACHES, NAUSEA, THAT SORT OF
THING.
THING.
THING. THEY ALSO HAD EXPOSURE TO SOME
DIFFERENT INFECTIONS LIKELY
WHEN THEY WERE THERE.
>> IT MUST'VE BEEN SO TOUGH FOR
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. 18
THEM. 18 DAYS, RATIONING 4@FOOD4@, AN
THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL
AFFECT, NOW THAT THEY ARE OUT,
WHAT WILL BE THE 4@PATH FOR THE
AS FAR AS DOCTORS CARE?
>> LIKE I SAID I THINK
INITIALLY THEY WILL LOOK TO
REHYDRATE AND RE-NOURISH THEM
AND GET THEM TO MORE4@ OF AN
OPTIMAL POSITION FROM WHERE
THAT IS CONCERNED.4@
THEN I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE
MONITORING THEM FOR 4@INFECTION
THERE ARE COMMON THINGS WE
WOULD EXPECT FROM THE POOR
SANITARY ENVIRONMENT, WATER
EXPOSURE, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE
THAT AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE
NOT SHOWING SIGNS OF AN
INFECTION.4@
INFECTION.4@ ALSO4@ SOME UNIQUE THINGS 4@ABO
BEING IN THE CAVE, THEY WILL BE
LOOKING AT THEM MORE CLOSELY
FOR SOME RARE DISEASES THAT YOU
COULD FIND IN A 4@CAVE FROM4@
RODENT DROPPINGS AND BIRD
DROPPINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE
TESTAMENT TO THEM THAT THEY
LASTED ALL THIS TIME.
ONE PERSON TRIED TO SAVE THEM 4@
AND DIED, IT IS AMAZING THAT
THEY GOT OUT. REALLY, IF YOU
THINK 4@ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT
THEY FACED.
THEY FACED. WHAT ABOUT GETTING OUT, THE
WHOL4@E ESCAPE PROCESS, COULD
THEY HAVE SUFFERED INJURIES AND
THINGS LIKE THAT?
>> CERTAINLY,4@ IT SOUNDS LIKE
THE JOURNEY OUT WAS PRETTY
TOUGH, IT IS 4@DANGEROUS AND EA
TO GET CUT4@ AND SCRAPED AND
THINGS LIKE THAT. 4@
ALSO, THEY WERE IN THAT LOW 4@
OXYGEN ENVIRONMENT WITH A LOW
IMMUNE SYSTEM BEFORE PUTTING
THEIR BODY THROUGH SOMETHING
THAT PROFESSIONALS4@ WERE HAVIN
TO HELP THEM WITH.
IT IS A SIGNIFICANT AND
STRESSFUL THING THAT THEY WENT
THROUGH AFTER ALL OF THEIR BODY
SYSTEMS ALREADY BEING STRESSED
FOR SOME DAYS4@.
>> ABSOLUTELY, ALL OF THOSE
DAYS, THEY ARE 4@ALL TEENAGERS,
NOT THE COACH OF 4@COURSE, BUT