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Airdate: Operation Thai Cave Rescue

Another special on the rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team will air this week on Discovery.

Another special on the rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team, Operation Thai Cave Rescue, will air this Thursday night on Discovery.

From the moment the heartbreaking news broke that 12 young Thai soccer players and their 25-year-old coach were stuck in a cave complex near the Myanmar border, the world has been glued to the rescue and recovery mission. For over two weeks, the facts surrounding how they got trapped and the subsequent mobilisation of rescue workers around the globe has been a testament to just how powerful the human spirit can be; while the sudden and tragic death of one of the rescue divers underscored the seriousness of the situation.

But as each boy was pulled out, there remains many questions. Why were they there? How did they survive for nearly two weeks without food and without knowing how to swim? What will their physical and mental state be moving forward? What would it take to get this group out of this treacherous cave, and why did the unique geology of this cave present so many challenges? Operation Thai Cave Rescue will be the first documentary to explore every angle of this remarkable rescue operation.

Operation Thai Cave Rescue unpacks the human and scientific drama behind one of the most difficult and heart-palpitating rescues attempted in human history. With exclusive access to the complete coverage of the event (including the rescue itself), the divers’ own UGC footage and interviews with the men and women – including family members – who lived and breathed the events, Operation Thai Cave Rescue focuses on the triumph of the human spirit and the extraordinary scientific and technological innovations used to complete this miracle rescue. As the clock continues to tick, and predicted Monsoon rains loom above, rescuers in the cave and above ground, plot their next move. Featuring interviews with medical and mental health experts, renowned cave diving instructors and the world’s leading cave diving rescue experts and geologists, the film paints a full picture of what the boys and their rescuers were experiencing and how these heroic divers could recover what was thought initially to be an impossible feat.

When the last boys and their coach were rescued on July 10, the world finally exhaled the breath that had been held for 18 days. Now we collectively search for answers to understand the mystery of what happened and how, with one slight difference, the outcome might have been different.

8:30pm Thursday 19 July on Discovery.

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