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Pump Fails At Thai Cave Hours After Soccer Boys Rescued

After the last of the boys and their soccer coach were taken out of the Tham Luang cave, the main pump failed. Rescuers still in the cave managed a narrow escape from the rising water.

Soon after the last of a dozen boys and their soccer coach were rescued from a cave in northwestern Thailand, the main pump used to clear passages of floodwater failed, forcing more than 100 rescue workers to scramble a retreat from the area.

No one was injured in the ensuing chaos, but the dramatic culmination of the successful effort

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