This time last week the rescue mission of the 12 young Wild Boars and their coach had only been half completed. They had all been found miraculously alive, but the question remained how to get them out. And in all honesty, it didn't look great. It was a very strange, uncomfortable feeling. With heavy rains forecast, the initial joy of finding them transformed into the real fear that they could not escape what had become their watery dungeon. It was a race against time.
The fact that one brave volunteer -- former navy Seal Saman Gunan -- tragically died in the rescue attempt added to the growing gloom. He will long be remembered for his sacrifice.
But then after many increasingly tense days, news filtered through that one by one the boys were being carried to safety in the most treacherous conditions.
