The Spectator

Barometer | 5 July 2018

issue 07 July 2018

Trapped

Twelve Thai boys and their football coach were found in a cave ten days after being trapped by rising water. It may be months before they can be brought to the surface.

— The longest anyone has been trapped underground and then rescued is 69 days, after the San José mine in Chile collapsed in 2010.

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