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		samopus on Jan 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The heroes of the Thai cave rescue As a side note too: a documentary/movie about finnish cave divers who went back to cave in Norway to retrieve bodies of their deceased buddies. http://divingintotheunknown.com/en

stef25 on Jan 30, 2019 [–]

If I remember correctly, those UK divers were asked to help here but refused. The only time they did so.

notacavediver on Jan 30, 2019 | [–]

They tried, but decided it was too risky when realizing that the recovery had to be done from the far side: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36097300

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