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Bangkok Post
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Wild Boars mark cave rescue 5-year anniversary

Members of the "Wild Boars" youth football team gather inside the Tham Luang Cave in Mae Sai district in the northern province of Chiang Rai on Monday, during an event to mark the five-year anniversary of their rescue from inside the flooded cave. (All photos: AFP)

Hundreds of people gathered on Monday to mark the five-year anniversary of the dramatic rescue against impossible odds of 12 young footballers from a flooded cave in northern Chiang Rai province.

Now in their late teens, the boys and their coach, Ekkapol Chantawong, descended into the spotlit chambers of the Tham Luang cave complex to pay tribute to the thousands of people who worked for 18 days and nights to get them out.

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