Members of the soccer team rescued from a cave attend a Buddhist ordination ceremony at a temple at Mae Sai, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand July 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Eleven boys from a football team rescued from a flooded Thai cave in a drama that gripped global audiences were ordained as Buddhist novices on Wednesday in memory of a volunteer diver who died during their rescue.
Dressed in white robes, the boys and their 25-year-old coach, Ekapol Chanthawong, arrived at the Wat Phra That Doi Tung temple in Thailand's northern province of Chiang Rai, amid light rain and fog.
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