'A miracle': Joy as all 13 are rescued from Thai cave

Thai Navy Seals are celebrating the successful evacuation of all 12 boys and their coach, who had been trapped inside a flooded cave for 18 days.

ภาพสมาชิกทีมฟุตบอลหมูป่าอะคาเดมีแม่สาย

ภาพสมาชิกทีมฟุตบอลหมูป่าอะคาเดมีแม่สายทั้ง 13 คน Source: Reuters Image Grab/Facebook/Ekapol Chantawong

The dramatic rescue marks the end of a more than two-week ordeal which began when the “Wild Boars” team and their coach became trapped inside the flooded Tham Luang cave on the border with Myanmar on June 23.

"We've rescued everyone. We've succeeded," rescue mission chief Narongsak Osotthanakorn told reporters.

Four Thai Navy Seals and a Thai doctor were the last people to emerge from the cave.

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