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This series originally aired in 2021.

It's July 1st, nine days since the wild boar soccer team went missing in the Tom LeWong Cave,

and there's finally a break in the rain. Rick Stanton and John Vaughnthin are up early,

eager to extend the guideline inside the cave. Guidelines provide a roadmap for the dark,

frigid waters, attack-tow compass in the dark. The dive isn't easy, the current is still strong,

but they manage to lay an additional 750 feet of rope past the t-junction before they turn back.

At the post-diet meeting with the American Special Ops and the Thai Seals,

Water Guru Tanet Natsi tells the group his pumps are operating at full capacity.

He estimates the water table inside the cave has gone down about 20 feet.

Major Hodges looks around the room, his eyes settling on Rick and John. Well, gentlemen,

looks like the sleeping princess has given us a window. If anyone can get in there,

it's you. It's what the British divers have been waiting to hear since they arrived four days ago.

It's go time. The next morning, Rick is relieved to see the rains are still holding off. He knows

it can't last, but he'll take it. He looks at his dive partner. John, what do you say, mate?

John Grins, I'd say it's a good day to dive. The two men make their way through a cluster of

blue tents to the command center of the Thai Navy Seals for a final pre-dive meeting.

Inside, a large group has already started to gather divers who have flown in from all around the

world eager to help. The American Special Ops stand off to the side. But today, it's the Thai Navy

Seals everyone looks to. This is their country. These are their sons. Rick settles into a chair

on one side of a folding table. John slides in next to him. When the room quights down, the Seals

commander outlines the plan. Today we push. We must get past Pataya Beach before the monsoons come

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