All Thai boys, coach evacuated from cave

The dramatic dayslong rescue operation of a Thai youth soccer team came to a cheerful conclusion on Tuesday night when all 12 members and their coach were retrieved alive from the cave after weeks of fears, tears and finally joy, the Thai Navy SEALs team announced.

The third day of divers hauling the children, sometimes underwater, out of the cave concluded a rescue operation in which one diver died. The last four boys and the 25-year-old coach capped successes of the two previous days, during which eight boys were rescued from the dark, muddy cave.

"We are not sure if this is a miracle, a science, or what. All the thirteen Wild Boars (the soccer team) are now out of the cave," the SEALs posted on their Facebook page.