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An emergency team rushes to a helicopter believed to be carrying one of the rescued boys from the flooded cave in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Tuesday, July 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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All 12 boys and soccer coach rescued from Thai cave
After daring rescue, 18-day ordeal finally over

A daring rescue mission in the treacherous confines of a flooded cave in northern Thailand has saved all 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped deep within the labyrinth, ending a grueling 18-day ordeal that claimed the life of an experienced volunteer diver and riveted people around the world.

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA & STEPHEN WRIGHT, AP July 10, 2018