Boys trapped inside Tham Luang cave greet members of the Thai rescue team, in this still image taken from a July 3, 2018 video by Thai Navy Seal. (photo credit: THAI NAVY SEAL/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS TV)
It’s every parents’ worst nightmare – their children stuck underground as rescuers work around-the-clock to save them.
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For some 12 boys and their soccer coach – who have been trapped for nearly two weeks in a flooded Thai cave – Israeli technology may be part of the answer.
Some of the emergency mobile communications tools used by the first responders have reportedly been donated by Israeli company Maxtech NetWorks.
CEO Uzi Hanuni said that Thai authorities had requested assistance from the company’s employee in Thailand.
“There’s a guy by the name of Assaf who lives in Thailand and he markets our systems,” Hanuni told Israel Hayom. “They approached him and said they want them. The systems facilitate communication in areas without reception. We gave them our devices and they took them into the cave. This is our Israeli contribution. We did it voluntarily.”
Military personnel walk in line as they prepare to enter the Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 boys and their soccer coach are trapped, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 6, 2018 (REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha)Military personnel walk in line as they prepare to enter the Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 boys and their soccer coach are trapped, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 6, 2018 (REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha)
Donating the communication systems – which function like handheld radios – costs upwards of $100,000. But the resulting publicity from helping save the Thai children could easily compensate the firm many times over.
The lack of reliable communication tools hampered earlier rescue attempts. Maxtech doesn’t require a cell phone tower – and it’s being used as a lifeline for the boys to get data and video-chat with loved ones.
Because of the distance and depth – MaxTech’s devices communicate wirelessly between one another – one link at a time. It’s akin to beacons being lit one hilltop after another, gradually sending a message in a type of relay league.
A group of British divers, alongside Thai naval special forces, were the ones to first find the boys – nine days after they were reported missing.
Rescuers are racing against the weather, as monsoon season threatens to raise water levels – flooding the section of the cave where the boys are stranded. Officials are pumping out water around-the-clock.
The boys would have to be guided around murky passageways in deep water – and many of them do not know how to swim or dive. They are around 4 km. from the mouth of the cave.
It is unclear when it will be safe for them to dive out, as Thailand’s rainy season lasts through October and the boys lack specialized training.
The children are mostly in stable condition – although some worry for their physical and mental health if their predicament continues indefinitely. They are being supplied with high-protein liquid food, along with painkillers and antibiotics.
The group of mostly teenagers were playing soccer when they took first refuge in the cave from a torrential downpour.
Another Maxtech employee, Yuval Zalmanov, was reported in Hebrew media to have hopped on a flight to Thailand, equipped with emergency Maxtech devices.
Military personnel walk in line as they prepare to enter the Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 boys and their soccer coach are trapped,.
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lostlegends
5 years ago
Jolly Good Show, Maxtech! Carry on! I’ll remember your name.
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TD
5 years ago
Hope they all get out OK.
thank you for the hand Maxtech.
For Maxtech’s good deeds and generosity, it will be rewarded with a top spot on the BDS list. Jew hatred is such a poisoning and intoxicating ideology that Jew haters would rather suffer under Islam than stand and prosper with Israel.
Mahou Shoujo
5 years ago
Once again Israel demonstrates that it is part of solving humanities problems and making the world a better place.
And as a reward Israel is not only hated but more people now want to do BDS against it. What a shame that those who do not do much good for humanity want to destroy those who do so much for humanity.
Bigotry and hatred restrict human progress. As ignorance and superstition regrettably dominate some cultures and even nations, progress is an uphill fight.
Not for long. Jews are indestructible. Zechariah 13:9.
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago
If they are successful; you can bet the Israelis will hardly get credited.
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
5 years ago
It sounds like the kids and their coach have been found but that’s not the same as being saved. Great job Maxtech, Israel and the Thai and British military divers as well.
Little or no credit will be given to Israel by the international news community.
Commieobamie
5 years ago
Go Israel! Go Thai Seals!! GOD Bless Them All. Six kids are out!
freedomfrind
5 years ago
The least Thailand can do as a thank you is move its embassy to Jerusalem
Poppey
5 years ago
Two Brit specialist cave divers found them and if the Thais are able to loose a little face, they’ll let the now four British experts lead the rescue with support.
SEAL divers are a liability down there, our divers have long experience in rescues from our own dangerous cave systems all of which flood. This is a separate discipline to open sea diving altogether.
I’ve read of a diver who specializes in cave rescues, he once came across a group of cave divers who had all died of asphyxiation in a cave holding hands — because they couldn’t find their way out.
Meg
5 years ago
Israel has given the world many important inventions, yet they are cursed by many. But let us not forget that they are blessed by GOD
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