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It's July 1st, nine days since the wild boar soccer team went missing in the Tom Lwong Cave, and there's finally a break in the rain.

Rick Stanton and John Vaughnathan are up early eager to extend the guideline inside the cave.

Guidelines provide a road map for the dark, rigid waters, attacked how compass in the dark.

The dive isn't easy, the current is still strong, but they managed to lay an additional 750 feet of rope past the teach junction before they turn back.

At the post-diet meeting with the American Special Ops and the Thai Seals, Water Guru Tanit 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 Americans 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 again. The British divers will go in first.

They will lay the guidelines past Pataya Beach to Chamber 9. Once they are done, the Seals will come behind to find the boys. It's better this way.

Rick looks at John and shrugs. He always figured the Seals would take over. They speak the same language as the children, and they need a win.

But both Rick and John know if they get past Pataya Beach, they will keep pushing to lay every last inch of their guideline, or until their air runs out.

When the meeting breaks up, the men sit down with Vern unsworth. Vern is a fellow Brit who has been exploring and mapping the cave for more than five years.

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