Thai Cave Rescue | Chamber Nine | 4
Against The Odds
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4.7 • 7.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
It’s been fourteen days since 12 boys and their coach went missing inside the Tham Luang. The Thai government gives the greenlight to a highly complex mission to dive the boys out. Estimates for them all making them out alive is low. One of the most dangerous rescue missions in history is about to begin.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Prime members, you can listen to against the odds at free on Amazon music. Download the app today. |
| 0:17.5 | It's 8.30 p.m. on July 6th and the rain is back making patterning sounds on the park ranger station outside the time of the 1K. |
| 0:25.8 | But inside, major general Hodges, head of the American Special Ops group, are the notices. |
| 0:31.8 | He's too busy looking over the whiteboard and maps spread across a series of folding tables. |
| 0:36.8 | It details the plans for an elaborate rescue, the riskiest and most complex ever attempted in cave diving history. |
| 0:47.8 | It's been 14 days since 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing inside the cave. |
| 0:53.8 | Now, auction levels are running low and there are monsoons in the forecast. |
| 0:58.8 | If they stand a chance of getting them out, they need to act now. |
| 1:02.8 | But before Hodges can set the plan in motion, he needs to get permission from the Thai government. |
| 1:07.8 | Thai officials are on their way now. If they agree, they'll recommend the plan to the Thai Prime Minister and the King for Final approval. |
| 1:15.8 | Hodges knows this mission is the boys only chance at survival. This meeting has to go well. |
| 1:25.8 | This is it boys, remember, some of this information will be new to them. We need to be crystal clear. There is no other option. |
| 1:34.8 | Hodges and his team stand up as the Minister enters with his entourage. |
| 1:38.8 | It includes officers of the King's Guard, the head of the Thai Navy SEALs and Governor Naranseh, who heads up the region. |
| 1:45.8 | Their faces are serious and tired, but their eyes are alert. |
| 1:50.8 | The Minister is a serious man with rimless glasses. He looks like a cross between a math professor and a business executive. |
| 1:58.8 | He speaks firmly. No phones, no leaks. It's not a request. It's a command. |
| 2:08.8 | When everyone is settled, the Minister speaks again. |
| 2:12.8 | Well, Major Hodges, I'm here. Now, tell me why we would take the risk of diving the boys out when we can try to keep them alive by waiting up the rain. |
| 2:20.8 | Hodges' voice is calm as he relays the facts. |
| 2:24.8 | Minister, the conditions in the cave are getting worse. We can't keep the boys alive in the cave through the rains, but we have a plan. |
| 2:31.8 | We think we can dive them out. It's a high-risk operation with a low chance of success, but this is the best plan we've got. |
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