Transcript for Rescue of trapped boys in flooded Thai cave continues

It'd been an international clapper death collaborative effort the president tweeting this morning saying the US is working very closely. With the government of Thailand to help get all of the children out of the cave in to safety very brave and talented people talented people. Indeed Matt got Maine is on the ground there Matt what can you tell us about what's going on behind you. There hey. Right I could see this tremendous amount of activity here Paula there are ambulances that have come through. Troop carriers they are emptying this camp as we speak his or. Volunteers who've worked as cooks for sixteen days now it's fitted a pretty incredible scene to watch. And to. You see people when they the rescue workers came out earlier there was jubilee there's a whole lot of soldiers here some of them saluted them. He can hear the chatter inside. That ban right now to this is all very good news. And as you described earlier. This is gone incredibly quickly four to five times faster than anticipated by this time. Exactly an hour from now they are only hoping to get. The first more alike that boy out now they have four. It might never want to see anybody in an ambulance the whole country heaved a sigh of relief from that first aunt who is half right by air. And obviously everybody is leaving right now those boys are healthy in good shape. And now there is incredible optimism about the next phase which is likely to begin tomorrow morning. The big hitch. More rain if it monsoons again it could pose. Problems. That as they try to restock the cave with oxygen and obviously some fresh divers and fresh rescue work. Matt so much activity behind you stand by we may wanted to come back a few cancers are what what's that Matt. Well now saying there's so much jubilation here people are handing each other food and smiling at each other. It's it's a scene that is so different that what we've been seeing. Here where everybody has been grim and stern hoping for the best but not necessarily expecting it a complete seismic shift. In the attitude here just over the past couple of hours. It's fantastic to watch what are roller to get here but we're not through yet. Yet we're not mean that that that's the class but I was dismissed every it's it's been such a roller coasters sixteen days because they were. There are times when they thought these kids may be dead may be lost and they found them and there was elation and then you realize how difficult it was going to be to get them all out now we have more relations. Before kids out. But much more work to be done let's let's toss it now to our retired navy seal act admiral Robert Har word. Who joins us now from California. At admiral give a sense of why they've been able to make so much progress. So faster than the expectations they themselves set. Well I think it's the global community they were able to bring together experts Ramallah in all of fields. Who could contribute to this plan and and therefore they brought they have the confidence they have the equipment the people in place and they executed. And the good news is now they've learned format. Now that they've gotten guys out war this is where we have some problems the refined not part of the plan. And as they Saadat very optimistic that in mirrored. Near terms they'll get the rest of the kids out of there because. They are have been successful no word for that saw I contributed to everyone participated. Most notably that this seal who gave his wife the pie still lost but his wife. Trying to support this operation. While lots tragic I think that contributed significantly. To everyone understanding the dangers and planning for all the worst. Possibilities. That contributed together these first four out what they've learned from not will album got the rest of the kids out here in short order. Mary through we can't say we can't stress enough just what a wonderful job the international community has done in. Admiral you you told us earlier that this could go down as one that would in the most danger aspect of most accomplished rescue missions and history containing everything they are up against.

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