In July 2018 12 youth soccer players and their coach found themselves trapped six miles deep in a cave with no food or water and depleting oxygen.

The rock formed maze became almost completely submerged as the water rose to levels nearly impossible for survival.

There was no light and no way to communicate with the outside world.

Their only chance of making it out alive was in the hands of world class cave diver Rick Stanton.

With the whole world watching Rick and his die partner John were immediately faced with the challenge of their lifetime.

Find the boys and get them out alive.

The first season of Wonder E's new original series against the odds takes you into the incredible events of when an adventurous group of teens found themselves fighting to save their lives.

And the brave heroes that gave them their only chance at survival.

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And now against the odds.

It's late afternoon on Monday, July 2, 2018 and Rick Stanton is swimming through a submerged hellscape.

E's 57 years old and his tall, lanky body moves through the water smoothly.

The glow from his LED headlamp illuminating the jagged walls of a narrow rock tunnel in front of him.

Under different circumstances, Rick might be enjoying himself right now.

He's one of the best cave divers in the planet after all.

And this tunnel is exactly the kind of underwater maze Rick loves to explore.

But this isn't an adventure. It's a rescue mission.

Nine days ago, a boy's soccer team disappeared down here. Rick has to find them and get them out.

If they're still alive, Rick pauses and checks his levels.

He's running low and needs at least a third of a tank to make it back to base.

But he senses an area of the cave perhaps not completely flooded just ahead.

If they're going to find anyone alive down here, it will be in an air pocket, just like that one.

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