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Rising water : the story of the Thai cave rescue / Marc Aronson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Atheneum Books For Young Readers, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 148 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781534444133
  • 1534444130
  • 9781534444140
  • 1534444149
  • 9781534452657
  • 1534452656
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Contents:
Prologue : snatch and grab -- Wild boars -- SEALS and cave divers -- The cave system -- The most dangerous sport -- "Empty the water here" -- "How many?" -- "This is our best shot" -- The impossible rescue -- "Fish on" -- Rebirth -- How I researched and wrote this book.
Summary: "The incredible true story of the twelve boys trapped with their coach in a flooded cave in Thailand and their inspiring rescue"-- Provided by publisher.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 796.525 A769 Available 33111009348067
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 796.525 A769 Available 33111009141959
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The incredible true story of the twelve boys trapped with their coach in a flooded cave in Thailand and their inspiring rescue--as seen in Ron Howard's Thirteen Lives .

On June 23, 2018, twelve members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach were exploring the Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand when disaster struck. A rainy season downpour flooded the tunnels, trapping them as they took shelter on a shelf of the dark cave. Eight days of searching yielded no signs of life, but on July 2 they were discovered by two British divers. The boys and their coach were eventually rescued in an international operation that took three days. What could have been a terrible tragedy became an amazing story of survival.

Award-winning author Marc Aronson brings us the backstory behind how this astounding rescue took place. Rising Water highlights the creative thinking and technology that made a successful mission possible by examining the physical, environmental, and psychological factors surrounding the rescue. From the brave Thai Navy SEAL who lost his life while placing oxygen tanks along the passageways of the cave, to the British divers that ultimately swam the boys to safety, to the bravery of the boys and their coach, this is the breathtaking rescue that captivated the entire world.

Prologue : snatch and grab -- Wild boars -- SEALS and cave divers -- The cave system -- The most dangerous sport -- "Empty the water here" -- "How many?" -- "This is our best shot" -- The impossible rescue -- "Fish on" -- Rebirth -- How I researched and wrote this book.

"The incredible true story of the twelve boys trapped with their coach in a flooded cave in Thailand and their inspiring rescue"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-137) and index.

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