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 is
What is Tham Luang Nang Non?
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?
The story shows the power of this in overcoming impossible odds.
What is community (people working together toward a common goal)?
This important feature of the cave made rescue planning challenging.
What is the cave's tight, narrow tunnels and crevices?
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 murky underwater passages?
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; it also kept their minds focused.
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 person coordinated and oversaw the entire rescue operation.
Who is the Governor (Narongsak Osottanakorn)?
When found, this was the boys’ mental and physical state.
What is weak and thin but calm and hopeful?
How did the divers bring the boys out safely through the flooded cave tunnels?
What is sedating the boys, tying their hands and feet together, and using diving masks underwater?
The larger lesson about problem-solving taught by All Thirteen.
What is innovative thinking, calm under pressure, and cooperation save lives?