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The captain of the Wild Boars soccer crew rescued from a flooded Thai cave system in 2018 has died in England.
Duangpetch Promthep, who was trapped with 11 teammates and his coach for 3 weeks within the cave system in Chiang Rai Province earlier than being rescued, was 17.
BBC reports that Promthep, who was often known as Dom, was discovered unconscious in his soccer academy dormitory on Sunday and died in hospital on Tuesday, native time.
Leicestershire Police mentioned his dying isn’t being handled as suspicious, with stories in Thailand saying he suffered a head harm.
His dying was confirmed on Fb by the non-profit Zico Basis, which helped him purchase a scholarship to check in England.
The kids from the Wild Boar soccer crew went in to discover the Tham Luang cave complicated in northern Thailand earlier than rain-fed flood waters pushed them about 4 kilometers contained in the darkish complicated.
Their rescue, which gripped the world and drew on the experience of a whole lot of individuals together with Australian divers Richard Harris and Craig Challen – was hailed as nothing in need of a miracle.
The divers had been later named Australians of the Yr in 2019.
The rescue was initially led solely by Thailand’s navy SEALs.
However when the sheer difficulties of the hassle turned apparent, they turned to worldwide rescuers and cave explorers, and crucially, cave diving consultants, together with Dr Harris and Dr Challen for the massively difficult rescue that took three days and concerned a whole lot of individuals.
Former navy diver Sergeant Saman Kuman died during the rescue operation. and Petty Officer 1st Class Bayroot Pakbaralater later died from a blood infection incurred throughout the rescue.
The operation required inserting oxygen canisters alongside the trail the place the divers maneuvered darkish, tight and twisting passageways stuffed with muddy waters and robust currents.
