Thailand caves rescue

[DaveB]

What a great result.
I can see Hollywood making a film about this.

Yep, except in the movie all the Brits, Australians and Thai's who did the dangerous stuff are all replaced by a team of Yank Navy SEALs who arrive in a fleet of Apache's, tell the Thai authorities they are all idiots and then save the kids without help from anyone else.

[Paddy]

I don't think a rescue like the Thai Caves could be done in the UK because H&S issues even prevent rescuers from diving into a pond.

[MonkeysUncle]

Yep, except in the movie all the Brits, Australians and Thai's who did the dangerous stuff are all replaced by a team of Yank Navy SEALs who arrive in a fleet of Apache's, tell the Thai authorities they are all idiots and then save the kids without help from anyone else.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as leader of the Navy Seals, Tom Cruise as the foolish but brave and supportive coach.
Throw a love interest in for both and the mother of all tidal waves on its way to flood the caves just for good measure.
It writes itself.

[PhiltheGreek]

I don't think a rescue like the Thai Caves could be done in the UK because H&S issues even prevent rescuers from diving into a pond.

Wasn't it a Brit who flew out there off his own bat and found them?

[Paddy]

Yep, except in the movie all the Brits, Australians and Thai's who did the dangerous stuff are all replaced by a team of Yank Navy SEALs who arrive in a fleet of Apache's, tell the Thai authorities they are all idiots and then save the kids without help from anyone else.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as leader of the Navy Seals, Tom Cruise as the foolish but brave and supportive coach.
Throw a love interest in for both and the mother of all tidal waves on its way to flood the caves just for good measure.
It writes itself.

I think we can add, the flood was caused by an after quake form a North Korean nuclear test with the help of the Iranians. The Russians try to sabotage the rescue because the cave contains a secret nerve-gas store.

[MonkeysUncle]

I think we can add, the flood was caused by an after quake form a North Korean nuclear test with the help of the Iranians. The Russians try to sabotage the rescue because the cave contains a secret nerve-gas store.

Peter Stormare as the Russian intelligence agent sent to stop The Rock getting his hands on the store.....by any means necessary

[Paddy]

Wasn't it a Brit who flew out there off his own bat and found them?

Yes, it was... but not in the UK

[d000hg]

What a great result.
I can see Hollywood making a film about this.

It needed a last minute drama where the water was rising as they left, or there's an earthquake. It went amazingly smoothly in the end - the threat of rain was real of course. Has the rain now come as feared?

I don't think a rescue like the Thai Caves could be done in the UK because H&S issues even prevent rescuers from diving into a pond.

Except for trained divers who do this stuff as their job. I don't recall the Fire brigade not going into burning buildings for H&S, or armed police failing to take down terrorists for H&S.

[Old Greg]

It needed a last minute drama where the water was rising as they left, or there's an earthquake. It went amazingly smoothly in the end - the threat of rain was real of course. Has the rain now come as feared?

Except for trained divers who do this stuff as their job. I don't recall the Fire brigade not going into burning buildings for H&S, or armed police failing to take down terrorists for H&S.

And cave divers are nuts.

[Paddy]

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Except for trained divers who do this stuff as their job. I don't recall the Fire brigade not going into burning buildings for H&S, or armed police failing to take down terrorists for H&S.

Simon Burgess drowned after firemen refused to wade in 3ft deep lake due to health and safety rules | Daily Mail Online

PCSOs who 'stood by' as boy drowned
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...ned-named.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...-west-12610863


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