Thai Rescue Diver Dead After Running Out of Oxygen

A Thai diver died after running out of oxygen while assisting in the rescue of 12 boys and their football coach trapped inside the Tham Luang in Northern Thailand, an official said Friday. Samarn Poonan, a former member of Thailand’s elite navy SEAL unit, died Thursday night after entering the cave to lay oxygen tanks along a potential escape route, but did not have enough oxygen for himself on his way back out. His death, the first accident since the rescue operation began almost two...

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