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    British divers at heart of Thai cave rescue among best in world

    Rick Stanton and John Volanthen, among the first to reach the boys, have more than 35 years experience in extreme cave dives and rescues Divers may attempt to free trapped football team this week – live
    by Eleanor Ainge Roy Jul 03, 2018 3 minutes
    Three British cave-divers, Richard William Stanton (2nd-L), Robert Charles Harper (3rd-L) and John Volanthen (R) arrive at Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park near the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai on June 27, 2018 to help in the rescue operation for a missing children's football team and their coach. - The British cave-divers who have previously explored the site arrived on June 27 to join about 1,000 Thai soldiers, navy SEAL divers, police and park rangers at the mud-slicked site in the northern province of Chiang Rai where the 12 children and their coach have been trapped since June 23 in a flooded cave. (Photo by LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) / Getty Images

    Two volunteer British cave divers who are believed to be the first to locate 12 Thai boys and their coach after nine days of searches are world leaders in cave rescue, and have frequently worked together on major search and rescue operations around the globe.

    The group, who , were found on Monday night on a small ledge inside a vast cave system in northern Thailand. In footage of the moment the , a rescuer with an English accent is heard trying to reassure

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