The Scuba Diver Who Rescued The Thai Soccer Team From A Flooded Cave Just Had To Get Rescued From A Flooded Cave
Some people push themselves in the gym or at work, others push themselves by aquatically spelunking in remote locations with a high probability of death. To each their own, I guess. I just can’t imagine seeing that body of water and thinking, “yeah lemme go take a dip.”
Not an activity I’d participate in. The graphics they used to illustrate these kinds of situations are always terrifying.
No. Thanks. I’d last ten minutes before I dunked my head in the water and took a deep breath. Just thinking about being stuck in that cave makes me want to kill myself. Also, for the record if I’m ever missing, just call the cops, don’t try to find me yourself.
Divers in his team attempted to rescue him for several hours but couldn’t find him. On Wednesday, a 911 call came in at 1:17 a.m. that Bratchley was missing, according to the Jackson County Emergency Management Agency.
It was not clear whether the group was in the cave together at the time or taking turns exploring.
“The group made an additional dive attempt to locate the missing individual prior to contacting 911. This attempt was unsuccessful in locating him,” Ethan Burris, a public information officer for the Jackson County Emergency Management Agency, said in a statement Wednesday.
The water was said to be a chilly 55 degrees.
“This dive is roughly 400 feet,” Hamilton County Rescue Squad Lt. Brian Krebs said at Wednesday’s press conference. “It is tight passage.”
And how about the Brits acting like they needed to scramble a rescue team?
The British Cave Rescue Council told ABC News on Wednesday that it was contemplating scrambling a rescue team. But a U.S. rescue team comprising of specialized rescue divers from Arkansas and Florida were already on their way to the Mill Pond Cave.
Um, we’re good bruv. We handled you in the Revolutionary War, I think we can handle a little cave rescue. I’m glad he’s alright, though. Would’ve been a real shame to die in a cave as a cave rescuer. Shout out to the first responders for getting him out of there.