The Thai team Wild Boars goes home at last

The 12 rescued members of the Wild Boar soccer team, with their assistant coach Ekapol Chantawong (front row, L), make their first public appearance. Source: EPA/PONGMANAT TASIRI

The "Wild Boars" team looked healthy and happy as they spoke publicly in Chiang Rai, just hours after being discharged from hospital.

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Now safe and sound, the 12 Thai schoolboys and their football coach who were trapped inside the flooded Tham Luang cave complex have spoken publicly.

The "Wild Boars" football team faced the media with doctors and members of the Thai navy SEAL unit that helped bring them out.

Thailand-based journalist Alessandro Ursic reports.

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