Duangpetch Promthep

Duangpetch Promthep was the captain of the Wild Boars soccer team, and he got a scholarship to study in England after the ordeal.

"The pupil - a 17-year-old boy - was taken to hospital. London — One of 12 boys dramatically rescued from a Thai cave in 2018 has died in Britain where he was attending school on a scholarship, authorities said Wednesday. "Today my dream came true," Duangpetch wrote on Instagram in August.

Cause of death of Duangpetch Promthep, who moved to Leicester to attend a football academy, has not been confirmed.

“You told me to wait and see when you get the national team’s call-up when we last met before you travelled to England. I was teasing that I need to get your autograph when you get back. A 17-day international operation to free the boys captivated the world. “The college is liaising with statutory authorities and the Royal Thai embassy in London, and dedicating all resources to assist our student body, as they as young people process Dom’s passing. Ian Smith, the principal at Brooke House college, said: “This event has left our college community deeply saddened and shaken. “Dom was very fast, very smart, full of happiness.”

The British cave diver who led the rescue of the Thai boys' soccer team and personally saved the captain, Duangpetch Promthep, has opened up about the ...

His family was told he had fallen and hit his head on the floor. The boys were found after nine days by Stanton and Volanthen and on their 16th day in the cave, the unprecedented rescue operation began. His grandmother comes to the temple almost every day.” He has previously been Sunday political correspondent and South-East Asia correspondent.Connect via [Chris Barrett](/by/chris-barrett-hveam)is the South-East Asia correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.Connect via “As a personal recollection, it was Dom whose unconscious body I swam with as I escorted him to safety on the second day of the rescue mission. The circumstances of his death were not immediately clear.

Duangpetch Promthep, who was 13 when his rescue from a flooded cave system made headlines around the world, dies in England.

so that they can go out and tell everyone that we were inside, we were OK," Ekkapol said. - He was 13 when he and his teammates and assistant coach were rescued from a cave complex in Thailand Duangpetch Promthep, who was rescued from a Thai cave in 2018 along with 11 other boys and their football coach, has died in England.

The astonishing story of 13 boys trapped in a cave had a flawlessly joyful ending - until now.

No-one who watched him and his team-mates dealing so modestly with all the attention that came their way can doubt that he would have lived up to that promise. By now they were the most famous boys in the world. So difficult, in fact, that the divers had told the Thai government getting even half of them out alive should be considered a success. Even the fear that fame would inevitably tarnish the fairy tale proved unfounded. It was quite a misjudgement, and in the mud-soaked conditions outside the cave, I would come to regret my packing decisions. And then that astonishing moment, when British divers John Volanthen and Rick Stanton found them, calling out in the dark, "how many are you?