- They're getting forced to do something that
no kid has ever done before,
and it is not an any way normal.
Extremely hazardous environment
in zero visibility,
I was very scared.
(suspenseful music)
- It's an extreme cave system.
It's very long.
It's one of the longest in Thailand.
It's about 9 km long.
It's a complex system of tunnels.
- There was a ... the smallest part was about a half
a meter high restriction.
(suspenseful music)
- We were taking turns with the British team
laying fixed ropes,
making way to this room where we suspected
the kids would be.
(suspenseful music)
(talking)
- How many of you?
Thirteen?
Brilliant.
(suspenseful music)
(talking)
(instrumental music)
(somber music)
(serious music)
(somber music)
(instrumental crashing music)
- He was helping out placing tanks,
every time I would come up he would come and shake my hand
and ask information, the right questions,
so ... yes.
A real, real shame.
(instrumental, somber music)
- We essentially strapped a cylinder to the front of the
child and they had a full face mask,
which is a way of making sure that they can breathe.
We had a handle on the back of the child,
so we were able to maneuver them in that way.
- When I saw the diver and the kid on the horizon,
I still didn't know if it was a casualty or if it was a kid.
But when I saw that he was alive and breathing
and seemed to be alright, it felt very good.
It felt very good.
(suspenseful instrumental music)
(hopeful instrumental music)
(boys speaking in foreign language)
- I cannot understand how cool these small kids are.
And thinking about they being kept in a ...
in a small cave for two weeks.
They haven't seen their mom.
Incredibly strong kids.
Unbelievable.
(instrumental hopeful music)
(boys speaking in foreign language)
(gentle, hopeful music)