Just saw it on the news. They'll have to spend some time in quarantine tho.
Thats great news! Thank you!
Those kids are heros!
It's so good to hear good news!
This is the kind of story that just reminds you, for all its flaws, that there is still a great deal of good in the world. :thumbup:
But let's also remember the veteran rescuer who died trying to get those boys to safety.
How long do you think it'll be before the movie version (starring Tom Hanks) is made? :)
But seriously... that was one hell of a story. I really wasn't expecting it to have such a happy ending, to be honest. When they first found those kids they said it could take several weeks or months (!) to get them out, but thankfully the weather cooperated enough that they were able to do it much faster.
I am somewhat claustrophobic so if I'd been in that situation I probably would've gone stark raving mad fairly quickly....
Though there is the tragic instance of the volunteer drowning in the process of assisting to save these boys, this is indeed the happy news the world needs.
Was heartening to see the worldwide response to this and to see it have a positive outcome. The world needs to see more of this.
A man died trying to rescue these people. In memorium to him i offer a quote from Robert A. Heinlein.
"Our behavior is different. How often have you seen a headline like this?--TWO DIE ATTEMPTING RESCUE OF DROWNING CHILD. If a man gets lost in the mountains, hundreds will search and often two or three searchers are killed. But the next time somebody gets lost just as many volunteers turn out.
Poor arithmetic, but very human. It runs through all our folklore, all human religions, all our literature--a racial conviction that when one human needs rescue, others should not count the price."
― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers