Divers Came to ‘Risk Their Lives’ to Save Boys, Coach Trapped in a Thailand Cave

Divers Came to ‘Risk Their Lives’ to Save Boys, Coach Trapped in a Thailand Cave

The international rescue effort to save a dozen teenage boys and their soccer coach has drawn dozens and dozens of the world’s most elite rescue divers –- 50 from foreign countries and 40 from within Thailand, each all too aware of the danger they could be facing.

The contingent of rescuers includes a team of Thai Navy SEALS, a highly-trained corps of emergency operatives willing to trade their lives for those of the trapped teenagers.

“SEALS are used to going in and risking their lives for others’ lives,” Don Mann, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, told ABC News.

The acronym stands for “Sea, Air and Land,” representing the different environments in which SEALS are trained to operate.

“They do that all the time,” Mann said. “That’s why they sign up. Even when they’re training they are risking their lives -– that’s how rigorous the training is.”

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