The body of Saman Gunan, a former Thai navy SEAL who died during an overnight mission, is carried during a repatriation and religious rites ceremony at Chiang Rai Airport in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand Friday, July 6, 2018. The Thai navy diver working as part of the effort to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave died Friday from lack of oxygen, underscoring risks of extracting the team. (AP Photo)
PETALING JAYA: "You are the hero in my heart", says the wife of the former Thai Navy SEAL who lost his life while helping to rescue 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave complex.
Australian publisher The Sydney Morning Herald said Petty Officer First Class Saman Gunan's widow Waleeporn Gunan had told the British broadcaster BBC that she was proud of her "hero" husband.
"If you ask me if I'm sad, it's like I've died but I'm still alive," she was quoted as saying.
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