The Mission Begins
What country does the rescue take place in?
What is Thailand?
The number of boys trapped in the cave.
What is twelve?
The name of the cave system where the boys were trapped.
What is Tham Luang Nang Non?
This country was home to the British cave divers who helped in the rescue.
What is the United Kingdom?
The theme shown by the boys’ calmness and endurance.
What is perseverance in the face of fear?
This season brought heavy rains that caused the cave to flood and trap the boys.
What is the monsoon season?
Who stayed with the boys during their time trapped?
Who is Ekkapol Chantawong (Coach Ek)?
The main reason the cave was difficult to navigate.
What is flooded, narrow passages with complex tunnels?
One example of equipment or technology brought in from another country to assist the rescue.
What are pumps from Japan (or diving equipment from the U.S.)?
The story shows the power of this in overcoming impossible odds.
What is community (people working together toward a common goal)?
This important natural feature near the cave made rescue planning challenging because it affected water levels.
What is the Mae Sai River?
This is how Coach Ek helped the boys survive while trapped in the cave.
What is keeping them calm, teaching meditation, and rationing food?
This made the rescue especially dangerous for the divers.
What are low visibility, strong currents, tight squeezes, and underwater passages?
The way international divers contributed to the rescue effort.
What is exploring cave passages, planning logistics, and leading extraction?
The rescue succeeded because experts from these different groups worked closely together.
What are cave divers, engineers, doctors, and local volunteers?
The team went into the cave for this reason after soccer practice.
What is to explore and celebrate a teammate’s birthday?
The boys tried to escape by doing this inside the cave.
What is digging with rocks and hands into the cave walls?
The tragic event that happened during the rescue efforts.
What is the death of Thai Navy SEAL Saman Kunan?
This lesson about international cooperation comes from the rescue.
What is people from different countries working together can solve huge crises?
This Thai cultural value meaning “generosity of spirit” appeared during the rescue.
What is namjai?
This person coordinated and oversaw the entire rescue operation.
Who is Governor Narongsak Osottanakorn?
When found, this was the boys’ mental and physical state.
What is weak and thin but calm and hopeful?
How the divers brought the boys out safely through the flooded cave tunnels.
What is sedating the boys and using stretchers and masks underwater?
Elon Musk’s involvement and what happened with his mini-submarine idea.
What is he offered a mini-submarine, but rescuers found it impractical?
The larger lesson about problem-solving taught by All Thirteen.
What is innovative thinking, calm under pressure, and cooperation save lives?