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Thais turn to art, T-shirts to mark cave rescue of 'lucky' 13

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

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Suwit Jaipom, President of Art Bridge Chiang Rai gallery explain about The Heroes giant painting project, in Art Bride gallery, Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 20, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

CHIANG RAI (Reuters) - Memorabilia featuring a young Thai soccer team and their coach rescued from a flooded cave is flying off the shelves, said Suwit Jaipom, who heads an art gallery in the northern province of Chiang Rai, where the boys live.

 

The 12 boys, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach, who went missing on June 23 while exploring a cave complex, were rescued last week during a perilous three-day mission by foreign and Thai divers that gripped viewers around the world.

 

"There is quite some demand for memorabilia," Suwit, the president of Art Bridge Chiang Rai, which began taking orders last week for T-shirts featuring the team, told Reuters. "The fastest product we could make is the T-shirts."

 

The gallery has produced 2,000 T-shirts that also carry the word "HERO" emblazoned in red, in memory of Samarn Kunan, a volunteer diver who died on July 6, after losing consciousness during a mission to place oxygen tanks deep inside the cave.

 

With each T-shirt sold for 200 baht ($6), net profit from the sales will come to 200,000 baht ($6,000), and is destined for charitable activities, added Suwit, who is also an artist.

 

But there are no plans to sell more T-shirts or ask the boys to model the garment, he said.

 

"If we push further, it will be commercial, which I don't want to happen," said Suwit. "People who buy it just want to show support for the heroes," he said.

 

The group, whom Thais view as national treasures, were discharged from hospital on Wednesday and are recovering at home, where they are expected to remain for around a month.

 

No copyright issues have arisen so far, said Suwit, adding that he did not seek permission from the boys or their families.

 

Reuters could not reach the provincial governor, who is helping to represent the boys' interests, to seek comment.

 

A canvas on display outside the gallery commemorates the dramatic rescue mission that drew in hundreds of participants, including divers from around the world.

 

Suwit hopes the 13-meter (43-ft) -long painting, which features the rescuers, including the British divers who first found the boys, will be a "chronicle of history."

 

"This is so everyone can know and appreciate what happened here and not forget it so easily."

 

There are few signs of cave memorabilia fever in Bangkok, the capital, but people hope the boys' good fortune will rub off on them, with some buying national lottery tickets featuring numbers associated with the rescue, such as the "lucky" 13.

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I saw a news clip - not sure if it was the same gallery or not - which had written across the top "The Hero" - singular (rather than "The Heroes" plural).

When making the effort to write in English, surely someone would check the text is correct.

 

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53 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

 

When making the effort to write in English, surely someone would check the text is correct.

 

You've seen the way signs and billboards are here right? I suspect they do it intentionally for laughs, it would only take two seconds to tap the text into google and get it fixed. Bobpenyang, the rest of the world should convert to the superior Thai language.

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With each T-shirt sold for 200 baht ($6), net profit from the sales will come to 200,000 baht ($6,000), and is destined for charitable activities, added Suwit, who is also an artist.

 

Learn to read, people, kthnxbye

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RE - "This is so everyone can know and appreciate what happened here and not forget it so easily."

 

….and maybe beacuse "someone" will earn some bucks on it - Just Maybe…..:whistling:

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Seriously, I'm hoping for for the folks at GTA ("Grand Theft Auto") to come up with a cave rescue version that I can play on my PS4. Plus a theme park ala Dinosaur Park we had in BKK recently,...it can be a road show that tours year round, I don't care. Just gimme something quick, now that I'm having Moopa withdrawal syndrome!

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7 hours ago, Guderian said:

Any "Elon Musk - What A Plonker" tee-shirts on sale yet? ?

 

Have not seen any yet, but many variants may be on its way….

 

RE - Elon Musk "can stick his submarine where it hurts," says diver who helped rescue Thai boys

RE - Elon Musk calls British cave rescuer for a "Pedo Guy"

 

T-Shirts with the following Message may be created:

 

(1) I love Tesla so it hearts….

 

(2) You are allowed to put Your submarine where it hurts

 

(3) Stop hurting me - remove Your submarine...

 

(4) I am not a pedo guy, I just care about boys

 

(5) The Cave - a pedo's favourite trap

 

Only imagination is the limit - it remains to see what will come….:smile:

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On 7/21/2018 at 11:06 AM, bluesofa said:

I saw a news clip - not sure if it was the same gallery or not - which had written across the top "The Hero" - singular (rather than "The Heroes" plural).

When making the effort to write in English, surely someone would check the text is correct.

 

Why write it in English in the first place?

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23 hours ago, eTiMaGo said:

With each T-shirt sold for 200 baht ($6), net profit from the sales will come to 200,000 baht ($6,000), and is destined for charitable activities, added Suwit, who is also an artist.

 

Learn to read, people, kthnxbye

This is the plan - a good and honest charity plan, but noone has the exclusive rights whether it comes to the words "Cave", "Submarine" or "Pedo" so it remains to see what will be created based on this event...:smile:

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2 hours ago, ttrd said:

This is the plan - a good and honest charity plan, but noone has the exclusive rights whether it comes to the words "Cave", "Submarine" or "Pedo" so it remains to see what will be created based on this event...:smile:

That's very true as far as rights go, who's story is it anyway?

 

Is it the story of the coach and the 12 children, or is it the story of the rescuers? The 13 were the 'victims' that began the drama, but the events of the rescue was what captured the attention of the world by the rescuers.

 

Compare it to a human trafficking event; the rescuers/authorities are always the ones in the limelight, nobody cares about the 'victims'. If you truly asked yourselves about any major instance that has occurred like this, unless personally involved, you wouldn't be able to name one of the 'victims'. 

 

For clarity, trafficking is mentioned only as an example as cave rescues are so rare and I was unable to refer to any known by myself............:thumbsup:

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10 minutes ago, chrisinth said:

That's very true as far as rights go, who's story is it anyway?

 

Is it the story of the coach and the 12 children, or is it the story of the rescuers? The 13 were the 'victims' that began the drama, but the events of the rescue was what captured the attention of the world by the rescuers.

 

Compare it to a human trafficking event; the rescuers/authorities are always the ones in the limelight, nobody cares about the 'victims'. If you truly asked yourselves about any major instance that has occurred like this, unless personally involved, you wouldn't be able to name one of the 'victims'. 

 

For clarity, trafficking is mentioned only as an example as cave rescues are so rare and I was unable to refer to any known by myself.........…:thumbsup:

RE - For clarity, trafficking is mentioned only as an example as cave rescues are so rare and I was unable to refer to any known by myself.........…:thumbsup:

FYI :smile:

Historical examples[edit]

  • Floyd Collins from Sand Cave in Kentucky in 1925. Likely the first high-profile cave rescue in history. Collins' desperate situation in the depths of Sand Cave made headlines across America. Over 10,000 spectators flocked to Sand Cave in the week following the news of Floyd's predicament. The National Guard was called in to control the carnival-like atmosphere surrounding the cave. Despite the heroic efforts of volunteers who attempted to dig a parallel shaft to free Collins, he was found dead, buried to his shoulders in debris. One 25-pound rock had jammed Collin's foot, preventing his escape. Collins remained trapped in Sand Cave for another 2 months until a crew of German engineers finished the digging of the shaft and extracted his body.[5]
  • Marcel Loubens from Gouffre de la Pierre-Saint-Martin in the French Pyrenees in August 1952. Loubens died from a fatal plunge down the 1,135-foot (346 m) entrance shaft after a clasp on his harness broke on ascent. Members of Loubens' expedition spent over 24 hours attempting unsuccessfully to haul their friend back to the surface. Despite the efforts of the team doctor, Loubens died 36 hours into his ill-fated rescue attempt. After his passing the remaining members aborted their recovery attempt. Louben's body remained in the cave for two more years before cavers returned him to the surface in 1954. The blood transfusion given to Loubens by the team doctor was likely the first subterranean care of its kind.[6]
  • Neil Moss in Peak Cavern, England in 1959. Trapped in a narrow tunnel, he was eventually suffocated by carbon dioxide after prolonged efforts to free him. Rescuers were unable to free Moss and eventually the family asked that his body remain in the cave.
  • James G. Mitchell from Schroeder's Pants Cave in Manheim, New York in 1965. Mitchell was a 23-year-old chemist whose death made national headlines in February 1965 when he died of hypothermia after becoming stranded on rope in a 75-foot (23 m) pit with a frigid waterfall. Initial efforts to recover Mitchell's body failed. A rescue team was flown from Washington DC on Air Force 2. A subsequent three-day effort to retrieve Mitchell was aborted after repeated failures and a collapse. The cave was abandoned and blasted shut, essentially making the cave a tomb. Mitchell's death made headlines again forty-one years later when a group returned to the cave and successfully recovered his remains.[7]
  • In 1967, six cavers were in Mossdale Caverns in North Yorkshire when a flash flood inundated the system. A major rescue attempt was made, but the men were discovered to have perished in the flood. It remains the worst caving disaster in the UK.[8] Their remains were retrieved and buried further in the system four years later.[9]
  • Emily Davis Mobley from Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico in 1991. More than seventy people worked over four days to bring her to the surface after her leg was broken. This was the deepest and most remote cave rescue in American history.[10]
  • Gerald Moni from McBrides Cave in Alabama in 1997. Moni and his group entered McBrides Cave in flood stage attempting a pull-down trip to the cave's lower entrance. A flash flood caused the situation in the cave to become extremely hazardous. While attempting to negotiate a pit being inundated with a high flow of water, Gerald mistakenly grabbed only one of two ropes necessary to descend the pit. The resultant fall to a ledge part way down the drop resulted in a broken femur. A few members of the group managed to negotiate the lower stream passage before it sumped and reached the surface. The others remained with Moni until local rescue agencies could mobilize and attempt a rescue. Rescue teams spent hours waiting for the water levels in the cave to recede enough to attempt an extraction. When teams finally reached Moni, he had been exposed to frigid water for over 12 hours. Rescue teams risked drowning themselves and Moni while traversing the flooded lower cave. 18 hours after his fall Gerald was returned to the surface alive.[11]
  • John Edward Jones in Nutty Putty Cave in Utah November 2009. John, an experienced caver, had become wedged in an unmapped portion of Ed's Push at a 170-degree downward angle with his feet over his head complicating rescue. After some 24+ hours they had been able to move him two feet upward, and lower down food and water, when a part of the rescue rope system failed dropping him fully back into the wedge. It was after this that he became much too weak to help the rescuers in their efforts and he died shortly thereafter. Following this, it was decided by the family and landowner to leave his body in place and seal the cave permanently.[12]
  • In February 2014 two Finnish divers died in Jordbrugrotta, Norway. Norwegian authorities summoned an international team of rescue divers including British divers Richard Stanton, John Volanthen and Jason Mallinson to recover the bodies. After diving to the site, they deemed the operation too difficult. A diving ban was later given for the cave. However, the involved Finnish divers returned later without official authorisation and recovered the bodies.[13][14] Their recovery expedition was filmed as the documentary Diving Into The Unknown. The diving ban was overturned on 31 March 2014.[15]
  • In 2014 Johann Westhauser was hit on the head by a boulder 1,148 metres (3,766 ft) below the entrance of Riesending Cave, in Germany. 728 people were involved in his evacuation which took 11 days.[16]
  • 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue. On 23 June 2018, 12 members of the Moo Pa (Wild Boar) soccer team, aged 11–17, and one coach were trapped in the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand. A search was immediately commenced when a ranger of the National Park in Chiang Rai province alerted authorities of the missing boys after seeing their unclaimed belongings at the entrance to the cave. The team was located, alive, on 2 July 2018. More than 1,000 people have been involved in the rescue operation, including teams from China, Myanmar, Laos, Australia, the UK, and the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_rescue

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1 minute ago, ttrd said:

RE - For clarity, trafficking is mentioned only as an example as cave rescues are so rare and I was unable to refer to any known by myself.........…:thumbsup:

FYI :smile:

Historical examples[edit]

  • Floyd Collins from Sand Cave in Kentucky in 1925. Likely the first high-profile cave rescue in history. Collins' desperate situation in the depths of Sand Cave made headlines across America. Over 10,000 spectators flocked to Sand Cave in the week following the news of Floyd's predicament. The National Guard was called in to control the carnival-like atmosphere surrounding the cave. Despite the heroic efforts of volunteers who attempted to dig a parallel shaft to free Collins, he was found dead, buried to his shoulders in debris. One 25-pound rock had jammed Collin's foot, preventing his escape. Collins remained trapped in Sand Cave for another 2 months until a crew of German engineers finished the digging of the shaft and extracted his body.[5]
  • Marcel Loubens from Gouffre de la Pierre-Saint-Martin in the French Pyrenees in August 1952. Loubens died from a fatal plunge down the 1,135-foot (346 m) entrance shaft after a clasp on his harness broke on ascent. Members of Loubens' expedition spent over 24 hours attempting unsuccessfully to haul their friend back to the surface. Despite the efforts of the team doctor, Loubens died 36 hours into his ill-fated rescue attempt. After his passing the remaining members aborted their recovery attempt. Louben's body remained in the cave for two more years before cavers returned him to the surface in 1954. The blood transfusion given to Loubens by the team doctor was likely the first subterranean care of its kind.[6]
  • Neil Moss in Peak Cavern, England in 1959. Trapped in a narrow tunnel, he was eventually suffocated by carbon dioxide after prolonged efforts to free him. Rescuers were unable to free Moss and eventually the family asked that his body remain in the cave.
  • James G. Mitchell from Schroeder's Pants Cave in Manheim, New York in 1965. Mitchell was a 23-year-old chemist whose death made national headlines in February 1965 when he died of hypothermia after becoming stranded on rope in a 75-foot (23 m) pit with a frigid waterfall. Initial efforts to recover Mitchell's body failed. A rescue team was flown from Washington DC on Air Force 2. A subsequent three-day effort to retrieve Mitchell was aborted after repeated failures and a collapse. The cave was abandoned and blasted shut, essentially making the cave a tomb. Mitchell's death made headlines again forty-one years later when a group returned to the cave and successfully recovered his remains.[7]
  • In 1967, six cavers were in Mossdale Caverns in North Yorkshire when a flash flood inundated the system. A major rescue attempt was made, but the men were discovered to have perished in the flood. It remains the worst caving disaster in the UK.[8] Their remains were retrieved and buried further in the system four years later.[9]
  • Emily Davis Mobley from Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico in 1991. More than seventy people worked over four days to bring her to the surface after her leg was broken. This was the deepest and most remote cave rescue in American history.[10]
  • Gerald Moni from McBrides Cave in Alabama in 1997. Moni and his group entered McBrides Cave in flood stage attempting a pull-down trip to the cave's lower entrance. A flash flood caused the situation in the cave to become extremely hazardous. While attempting to negotiate a pit being inundated with a high flow of water, Gerald mistakenly grabbed only one of two ropes necessary to descend the pit. The resultant fall to a ledge part way down the drop resulted in a broken femur. A few members of the group managed to negotiate the lower stream passage before it sumped and reached the surface. The others remained with Moni until local rescue agencies could mobilize and attempt a rescue. Rescue teams spent hours waiting for the water levels in the cave to recede enough to attempt an extraction. When teams finally reached Moni, he had been exposed to frigid water for over 12 hours. Rescue teams risked drowning themselves and Moni while traversing the flooded lower cave. 18 hours after his fall Gerald was returned to the surface alive.[11]
  • John Edward Jones in Nutty Putty Cave in Utah November 2009. John, an experienced caver, had become wedged in an unmapped portion of Ed's Push at a 170-degree downward angle with his feet over his head complicating rescue. After some 24+ hours they had been able to move him two feet upward, and lower down food and water, when a part of the rescue rope system failed dropping him fully back into the wedge. It was after this that he became much too weak to help the rescuers in their efforts and he died shortly thereafter. Following this, it was decided by the family and landowner to leave his body in place and seal the cave permanently.[12]
  • In February 2014 two Finnish divers died in Jordbrugrotta, Norway. Norwegian authorities summoned an international team of rescue divers including British divers Richard Stanton, John Volanthen and Jason Mallinson to recover the bodies. After diving to the site, they deemed the operation too difficult. A diving ban was later given for the cave. However, the involved Finnish divers returned later without official authorisation and recovered the bodies.[13][14] Their recovery expedition was filmed as the documentary Diving Into The Unknown. The diving ban was overturned on 31 March 2014.[15]
  • In 2014 Johann Westhauser was hit on the head by a boulder 1,148 metres (3,766 ft) below the entrance of Riesending Cave, in Germany. 728 people were involved in his evacuation which took 11 days.[16]
  • 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue. On 23 June 2018, 12 members of the Moo Pa (Wild Boar) soccer team, aged 11–17, and one coach were trapped in the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand. A search was immediately commenced when a ranger of the National Park in Chiang Rai province alerted authorities of the missing boys after seeing their unclaimed belongings at the entrance to the cave. The team was located, alive, on 2 July 2018. More than 1,000 people have been involved in the rescue operation, including teams from China, Myanmar, Laos, Australia, the UK, and the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_rescue

Sorry, should have written cave rescues in Thailand, I can only see one referenced in that list that is relevant to Thailand and that is the one we are talking about.

 

 

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