Rescuers evacuate the first of 5 villagers found trapped in a cave in Laos; 2 still missing
Rescuers said the man was weak but able to walk after more than a week underground, and four other villagers remain trapped.
- On Friday, rescue divers in Laos successfully evacuated the first of five villagers trapped in a flooded cave for more than a week. The unidentified survivor walked unsteadily with assistance to a waiting crowd for medical evaluation.
- Villagers entered the cave to forage for valuable minerals but were trapped by flash flooding that blocked their exit. An overnight rainstorm on Friday complicated rescue efforts, forcing teams to pump water from the cave's passages.
- Thailand and French specialists have joined rescue teams from Laos, with Indonesian colleagues reportedly en route to the site in Xaisomboun Province, about 120 kilometers north of Vientiane. Veteran rescuer Mitchell warned that plans depend on "the length of the dives involved" and available support.
- Four other villagers remain trapped inside the cave while rescuers continue searching for two additional villagers reported missing after flooding began. It remains unclear whether more evacuations will be attempted immediately.
- Supplied with water, soft food, and foil blankets, the trapped men await rescue while divers weigh high risks of guiding survivors through zero-visibility water against waiting for flood levels to recede. Mitchell stated, "I'd love to think there's a really good chance of them coming out alive.
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Tight tunnels, plenty of water, danger of collapse - the rescue of the trapped gold prospectors in Laos is difficult. Now there is a success: the first worker could be freed.
The rescue teams involved in the search for the seven miners trapped in a cave in Laos have confirmed that one of them has been rescued this Friday, nine days since his disappearance. The rescue took place two days after five of the seven people who had been trapped since last May 20 in a cave in Long Chaeng, in the center of Laos, which was denied after the heavy rains that fell last week. The whereabouts of the two other members of the group a…
One of the seven people trapped in the cave has been rescued.
For days, rescuers in Laos have fought against water and claustrophobic tunnels. Now the redemptive news: The first gold seeker was freed from the narrow cave. What makes recovery so difficult?
Rescue workers have freed a first person from the flooded cave in Laos. Seven men became trapped there more than a week ago during their search for gold.
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