The four others followed soon after, and were received by a jubilant crowd and many around the world.
The Thai government intensified rescue in anticipation of moon rain that was predicted. Foreign elite divers also joined the Thai Navy Seals to rescue the kids.
The boys became trapped deep in the cave in the mountainous area of northern Thailand near on June 23, after they went in after football practice and was caught behind rising waters.
The boys rescue has now raised hope that others will be rescued even as hope was somewhat diminished after a former Navy Seal died in the caves after running out of oxygen, and a commander said any rescue effort would take several days to finish.
The players and manager had been found dishevelled and hungry after cave diving specialists found them nine days after they went inside the cave.
A Thai military helicopter, allegedly carrying some of the boys among a group of 13 trapped inside a flooded Thai cave, lands at a field in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province on July 8, 2018.
Foreign elite divers and Thai Navy SEALS on July 8 began the extremely dangerous operation to extract the 12 boys and their football coach as they raced against time, with imminent monsoon rains threatening more flooding that would doom the rescue operation. / AFP PHOTO / Ye Aung THU
According to evidence, the water in the cave was muddy and unclear, and ropes were installed to help guide the boys through the darkness.Two divers would escort each of the boys out of the cave.
Thai Navy SEALs published notes written by the trapped footballers to their families, who were waiting for them just outside the cave entrance.
The players had entered into the cave to celebrate the birthday of one of them.
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