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news.sky.comRescuers Consider Teaching Scuba to Five Miners Trapped in Laos Cave
At least five miners remain inside a Laos cave after oxygen supplies dropped. Rescue teams are evaluating whether to train the men to scuba dive because other extraction methods have been exhausted.
The IndependentRescuers in Laos Drain Flooded Cave to Free Five Trapped Villagers
Teams from Laos and Thailand are pumping water from a cave in Xaisomboun province where five men have been trapped since mid-May. Search efforts continue for two additional missing villagers.
nypost.comFive Villagers Found Alive in Flooded Laos Cave, Search Continues for Two Missing
Rescuers located five of seven villagers trapped for more than a week in a flooded cave in central Laos. Two remain unaccounted for after heavy rain blocked the exit on May 19.
The IndependentRescuers Reach Five of Seven Villagers Trapped in Flooded Laos Cave
Laotian and Thai teams located five men inside a flooded abandoned gold mine on Thursday after they had been trapped for a week. Two others remain missing as search efforts continue.
nypost.comRescuers Search Seventh Day for Seven Villagers Trapped in Laos Cave
Seven villagers have been trapped inside a flooded cave in central Laos since May 19. Rescue teams from Laos and Thailand continue pumping water and exploring narrow passages while weather and terrain slow progress.
ecns.cnThai and Finnish experts join Laos cave rescue for seven trapped villagers
Rescue teams from Thailand and Finland arrived Monday to assist efforts to reach seven Laotian villagers trapped in a flooded cave in central Xaysomboun province. The group entered the cave on May 20 while searching for gold and became trapped after heavy rain caused flash floodi…