Anonymous ID: 467d71 Dec. 29, 2019, 9:48 p.m. No.7660135   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Thai cave rescuer dies from year-long blood infection

 

28 December 2019

The rescue operation took 17 days and brought the boys and their coach out alive

 

A member of the rescue team that saved 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in Thailand last year has died from an infection he picked up during the operation, officials said.

 

Petty Officer Beirut Pakbara, a Thai Navy Seal, contracted a blood infection during the rescue at Tham Luang cave.

 

Beirut was under medical supervision but his condition worsened and he died on Friday, a statement said.

 

Another rescuer, Saman Gunan, died during the operation.

 

Saman, a former Thai Navy Seal diver, had been delivering air tanks and was on his way out of the cave complex when he ran out of air and lost consciousness. A statue of him was later erected near the cave's entrance.

 

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Beirut was buried on Friday in his home province of Satun in a ceremony according to Islamic funeral rituals, officials said.

 

The Wild Boars youth football team, aged between 11 and 16, and their 25-year-old coach had been exploring the cave on 23 June 2018 when a downpour flooded the tunnels, trapping them deep underground.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50931695