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4 more boys pulled from flooded Thai cave
5, including coach, still await rescue
Thai cave rescue
Indian students hold candles and pray for boys and their soccer coach who have been trapped in a cave since June 23 in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, at a school in Ahmadabad, India, on Monday. Eight of the boys have been pulled from the cave; four more, and their coach, still await rescue. - photo by Associated Press
MAE SAI, Thailand — The generals and other officials overseeing the desperate operation to rescue 12 young soccer players and their coach from a flooded cave labyrinth in Thailand's sweltering far north were only half joking when they quipped Monday that success was in the hands of the rain god Phra Pirun.
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