The Rescue

Even though we know the rescue was successful, what we saw on the news in June 2018 was only about 20% of the story. This doc either had me on the edge of my seat or was tugging at my emotions, back and forth. The rescue involved hundreds of people from around the world, and it was only due to a a few experienced 'weekend' cave divers and an Australian anaesthesiologist that the rescue was possible - literally against all odds.

The doc also shows the tremendous efforts going on outside the cave and further up the mountain to pump out millions of litres of water daily from the almost daily early monsoon rain, the engineering efforts by hundreds of soldiers from many countries just inside the cave entrance to allow easy access/egress for the divers and to carry the boys the final distance to safety, and the difficult decisions made by Thai officials. Filmmakers included visual graphics at times to show the long length of the cave, and where the divers were at specific points.

There must have been divine intervention too - and the doc shows this possibility, including telling the Thai legend of the origin of the mountain Doi Nang Non. The cave, Tham Luang Nang Non, means "the cave of the reclining lady".