![]() ![]() ![]() The anesthesiologist cave diver came from Australia and was the only one who knew how to possibly sedate the kids. The masks to put on the kids so they could breathe underwater came from the U.S. That being said, Vasarhelyi and Chin never lose sight that this was a worldwide effort. They constantly speak to others and emphasize why these cave divers had to be the perspective on this story-because they were really the only ones that could go in and make the rescue. While one may wonder why the trapped boys and their coach weren’t interviewed, I can only assume it was for the sake of their privacy as well as their limited viewpoint since they were confined to one location for the duration of the operation.īut Vasarhelyi and Chin aren’t trying to pump up their lead subjects as the sole heroes of this mission. While this operation gathered military men from around the world, it came down to a group of unassuming hobbyists, and their quiet manner helps ground the movie and give it necessary humanity. They were bullied as kids and in cave diving, they found a refuge of peace. By their own admission, these are men who grew up as outsiders. There’s nothing particularly macho about Rick, John, and their fellow divers. Oddly, the presence of these milquetoast cave divers provides a calming experience. Even knowing that the rescue was successful, I was on the edge of my seat wondering how they could possibly pull it off. It’s not simply a matter of transporting children underwater-it’s doing it through dangerous terrain where anyone who was inexperienced with this kind of claustrophobia (so, you know, most people on Earth) could easily panic. As one diver puts it, the experience was like white-water rafting underwater, and the logistical problem-essentially how to swim upstream with water rushing in from the rains-helps illuminate why this rescue was so tricky. ![]() The footage Vasarhelyi and Chin got here is nothing short of mind-blowing, especially when you consider that from the point of view of the divers, visibility in the cave was incredibly poor with the muddy water rushing towards them. It’s fitting that a story about men who have to go great distances underwater is a breathless experience. ![]() RELATED: The 25 Best Documentaries on Netflix Right Now While Rick and John are able to find the trapped soccer team, the rescue becomes a race against time as the waters rise and oxygen in the cave starts to run out. While there were tension between the UK and Thai divers, it became clear that Rick and John had the experience to make the trek not because the Navy SEALs were “bad” but simply because “jumping into a muddy hole”, as Rick puts it, is a specialized hobby that not many people in this world do. While the Thai Navy SEALs were called in, local British caver Vern Unsworth realized that this operation required a specific set of skills from experienced cave divers and had the government call in British Cave Rescue Council divers Rick Stanton and John Volanthen. In June 2018, a soccer team comprised of boys ages 11 to 16 and their coach became trapped in the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai due to rising rains that came earlier than expected that year. While a lesser film would devolve this into a white-savior trope, the humble protagonists convey that they were only “the spearhead” in a worldwide effort, and The Rescue uses this group of mild men to spin an incredible, thrilling narrative. The stranger-than-fiction story involves gathering a disparate group of hobbyists with a unique passion for cave diving to go on the world stage and participate in a longshot attempt. Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin’s new documentary The Rescue. Thankfully (spoiler alert), the boys and their coach were saved, but exactly how it happened is powerfully captured in E. There was also the fear that this was all leading to a tragic conclusion where those trapped would be left to die. If you were like me, in June 2018 you were aware of the attempted rescue of a group of trapped boys and their soccer coach in Thailand, but with so much breathless coverage, it was still kind of difficult to discern the details of what was happening. ![]()
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