Governor of Chiang Rai announces first Thai Soccer player will be moved in 8 hours
In an announcement in Thai to the Thai nation he announced that there had been significant success in reducing the level of the water but significant monsoon activity was coming to Thailand next week and they needed to move now, bringing out two teens at a time. The area has been cordoned off and the media moved back so that the families can be at the base of the cave without worrying about the media.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1499806/rescue-of-trapped-children-set-to-begin
The reason for moving the Thai soccer team now is two fold:
1) the amount of CO2 is increasing at "Pattaya Beach" and there is a significant drop in Oxygen levels, partly due to increased rescue attempts.
2) They have reduced the level of the water so that only a small part of the 6 km is under water. They have gotten a break in the monsoons but if they wait the team could be trapped in there for 3 months. Monsoon activity in the area is very high.
In his announcement he said that they will begin extraction at 9 PM. It was noon when he made the announcement about 42 miles
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US Personnel arrive
police stand guard
Australian military
Thai military
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5930075/18-divers-enter-Thai-cave-deadline-looms-save-trapped-soccer-team.html
trying not to clench my teeth.
Ohh, this has to work.
Muriel, by the way, is my late grandma's name (well, passed in '09 at 92), so I have always love seeing your handle ... I still miss my g-ma. She was the most wonderful, sweetest, cutest little old lady you'd ever wanna meet ... my grandpa too ... only, a male version of course 
in recent years, which pleases me
for the boys, coach, and the HEROES ...