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OPINION_ Trapped soccer team unites a deeply divided world

NEW YORK POST

OPINION

Trapped soccer team unites a deeply divided world

By Maureen Callahan

July 6, 2018 | 10:05pm | Updated



A group of people from Tachileik, Myanmar, come to the entrance of Tham Luang Nang Non cave and pray for a successful rescue for the 12 trapped children and their coach.
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When news first broke on Thursday that a diver working to rescue the trapped children in Thailand died, appended was a notable detail: His nationality was unknown.

Since the 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing two weeks ago, 140 cave divers from around the world have come together. Six nations have sent expert teams, including the United States —30 people, among them 17 Air Force search-and-rescue specialists — Australia and ­Britain.

It was British cave divers John Volanthen and Rick Stanton, themselves nearly overwhelmed by the perilous conditions, who first found the boys and their coach. Volanthen and Stanton had swum as far as they could, 7 miles through darkness, around boulders and through passageways just 2 feet wide, placing guide lines until they ran out and were forced to the surface.

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Today, we know that the diver who died, 38-year-old Samam Gunan, was a retired Thai Navy SEAL. In these deeply fractured times, the best of us battered and whipsawed by a depressing, endless news cycle of shame, blame and outrage, it’s difficult to ­recall a time when someone’s nationality mattered less.

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