It is hard to imagine what went through the trapped teenagers' minds when two British divers suddenly emerged from the murky depths of Tham Luang cave on Monday night. They were the first people the kids had seen in nine dark days. But that first exchange told everyone what they wanted to hear. "How many of you? Thirteen? Brilliant!'' They had not lost anyone, and it was indeed brilliant news.
It has been six days since we got that wonderful bulletin that the 12 boys and coach of the Wild Boars football team had been found alive. It's so rare that we get good news these days and how refreshing that the 'breaking news' that flashed around the world on Monday night brought good tidings for a change.
It was hard not to have been moved by that photograph of the cheerful kids standing with their bicycles shortly before entering the cave, not knowing what a nightmare they were about to experience. You had to feel for them.
