Bangkok: Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a Thai cave are alive, but will need to learn to dive or wait months for flooding to recede before they can get out, the army says. The group had been missing for nine days before they were found by divers late on Monday on a small dry ledge. Rescuers are now battling rising water to bring more supplies to the group. They may need to have food sent in for at least the next four months.
Attempts were being made to install power and telephone lines inside the cave to let the boys speak with their parents.
