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Thailand’s trapped boys: careless or courageous?

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Thailand's trapped boys: careless or courageous?By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Aukkarapon Niyomyat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Round-the-clock efforts by rescue teams in Thailand to save 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave have prompted some Thais to turn to social media to ask why they went in at all, and whether they deserve to be called heroes. The junior soccer players, who disappeared in the Tham Luang cave in the northern province of Chiang Rai on June 23, were discovered on Monday by British divers in a partially flooded chamber. News of the survival of the “Wild Boar” team sparked celebrations and relief among Thais transfixed by the drama, following every twist and turn of a search that has drawn worldwide attention and volunteers from Australia to Finland.