Important day: People walking inside the Tham Luang Cave in Mae Sai district, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, during an event to mark the five-year anniversary of the ‘Wild Boars’ youth football team’s rescue from inside the flooded cave. — AFP
Hundreds of people gathered to mark the five-year anniversary of the dramatic rescue against impossible odds of 12 young footballers from a flooded cave in northern Thailand.
Now in their late teens, the boys and their coach, Ekkapol Chantawong, descended into the spotlit chambers of the Tham Luang cave complex to pay tribute to the thousands of people who worked for 18 days and nights to get them out.
