Meditating monk rescued from flooded cave


Successful operation: Rescuers giving Kemgoh (in foil blanket) a drink at the Phra Sai Ngam cave in Phitsanulok. — AP

RESCUE divers have freed a Buddhist monk from a flooded Thai cave in scenes that echoed the high-profile 2018 rescue of a trapped boys’ football team.

Manas Kemgoh, 46, was on a pilgrimage when he entered the Phra Sai Ngam cave in Phitsanulok province, in the country’s north, on Saturday to meditate.

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