First of five men found alive in flooded Laos cave rescued

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The bedraggled man was led to safety by rescuers after nine days stranded in the cavern

First antheral rescued from flooded Laos cave aft much than a week

The archetypal of 5 men recovered live aft spending much than a week trapped wrong a flooded cave successful Laos has been freed.

The radical had been hunting for golden erstwhile they were chopped disconnected wrong the cavern successful an isolated portion of the state aft flash floods deed connected 20 May.

Five were discovered live connected Wednesday erstwhile rescue divers recovered them huddled unneurotic 300m (984ft) from the cave mouth. Two different men are inactive missing.

On Friday 1 of the divers enactment a representation connected Facebook showing a antheral being dragged to safety. The Thai rescue radical added: "The archetypal unfortunate has been successfully rescued retired of the cave."

The rescue successful the distant upland country of cardinal Xaysomboun state has been a contention against time.

Thunderstorms had been predicted for Friday evening on with rainfall successful 60 per cent of the region.

Thai rescue squad subordinate Kengkard Bonggawong said connected societal media: "One idiosyncratic has got retired of the cave safely.

"We volition measure the different 4 and we volition hunt for the different 2 tomorrow."

Footage of the 5 men changeable connected Wednesday showed them miserable and caked successful mud, telling rescuers they were suffering thorax pains and starving hungry.

The rescue comes aft experts had primitively planned to pump retired flood waters that were stopping the men from getting to safety.

That program initially failed and a past edifice was discussed of teaching the trapped men however to scuba dive and aquatics out.

It has not yet been disclosed precisely however the archetypal antheral was brought to safety, but the rescuers accidental they volition explicate later.