From the linked site:
https://news.sky.com/story/thailand-cave-rescue-how-the-boys-were-found-11424201
After a football practice on Saturday 23 June, 12 young players and their "Wild Boars" team coach entered the 10km (6 mile) Tham Luang cave complex in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand.
When they failed to return home, a huge search operation was launched, with rescuers facing a race against time to find them as heavy rain battered the region and flooded parts of the cave.
After 10 days, they were found weak but alive and planning for their rescue began. Here is how the events unfolded.
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The young team, known as the Wild Boars, became trapped when a heavy rainstorm flooded a stream at the cave's entrance.
Bicycles and football boots belonging to the boys are found near the entrance of the cave.
The search begins at about midnight after police receive a report of a missing child from a mother who says her son has not returned from football practice.
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They are believed to have entered the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai province.
[There was no confirmation of their planned route? No mention of any record existing of where they had planned to go or when they planned to return. Maybe (seems likely) they had NO PLAN. It seems this was not a planned cave exploration but instead was some kind of impromptu or spontaneous quick peek into these vast caves of known peril, but what it could have had to do with FOOTBALL PRACTICE nobody seems to be able to say. . . None of the boys' families or parents have said that they had given permission for this cave hike to take place. If this had been in America someone, maybe a number of people, would be in a LOT of trouble!
The coach is obviously the responsible party, and the world is going to want to know whether he had been personally familiar with this particular cave, and whether he was aware that the approaching rain storm could have made for hazardous conditions in the cave. The boy's football shoes and bicycles were found near the cave entrance, so it certainly appears like a totally spontaneous blunder for them to have gone inside the cave.]
28 June
British divers join rescue
Three cave diving experts from Britain fly to Chiang Rai province to help the search, five days after their disappearance.
Richard William Stanton, Robert Charles Harper and John Volanthen enter the cave in full kit before emerging an hour later.
... [There is a video on the site of the moment when the British rescue worker first found the boys. Trivia question: how can you tell a Brit wrote this article? Answer: because he calls the flashlight "torchlight."]
Torchlight shows the frail-looking boys sitting on a muddy bank inside the cave, with water between them and the rescue party.
The British rescuer, who has not yet been named, is thought to be either Richard William Stanton or John Volanthen.
3 July
Boys must learn to dive, military says
The Thai military says the boys could be given enough food to last four months while they are taught to dive.
According to a statement from Thailand's Armed Forces, navy Captain Anand Surawan said: "(We will) prepare to send additional food to be sustained for at least four months and train all 13 to dive while continuing to drain the water."
Caving experts warn that having the boys attempt to dive out themselves could be extremely dangerous, with "significant technical challenges".
4 July
Plans coming together for rescue
The boys and their coach are having their fitness evaluated daily and will be rescued in stages depending on their health, a Thai official says.
"All 13 may not come out at the same time. If the condition is right and if that person is ready 100%, he can come out," says Narongsak Osatanakorn, the Chiang Rai provincial governor.
5 July
Water is pumped out of the cave to prepare for rescue
The rescue preparation begins with water being pumped out of the flooded cave, rescuers running against the clock to beat monsoon rains.
Water levels are reduced by around 40% but some parts of the passageway needed to rescue the boys are still completely impassable. This leaves diving out as the only survival option.
6 July
Thai diver dies trying to save the group
Saman Gunan was an ex Thai Navy diver
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Saman Gunan was an ex Thai Navy diver
A former Navy SEAL diver Saman Gunan dies while taking part in the mission to rescue the boys, who are trapped 2.5 miles within the cave network.
Mr Gunan had been working as a volunteer during an overnight mission in which he had been delivering oxygen canisters in the Tham Luang cave system, according to authorities.
He died on the way back to safety but fellow divers say they remain determined to complete the rescue.
7 July
Boys write letters home
The boys write notes to their parents about what is happening. They talk about the family members they love. Some apologise, others say not to worry.
They also look to the future, one reminding his parents about his upcoming birthday party and another saying he wants to go for fried chicken when he gets home.
8 July
Operation to bring boys out begins
Authorities say the operation to bring the 12 boys and their coach out of the cave has begun in the early morning and that by 3pm BST they expect the first to emerge.
But by mid-afternoon UK time the first four are out of the cave and receiving medical treatment.
