Man working to rescue Thai boys trapped in cave dead from lack of oxygen, authorities say Thai rescuers race to drain water inside cave where boys are trapped before heavy rains

New video from cave shows Thai boys laughing with rescuers, saying they’re healthy Friday’s death of the former SEAL underscores those risks. Key points: Petty Officer First Class Saman Kunan was a former Navy SEAL

He was working in a volunteer capacity and died during an overnight mission

He passed out while underwater and efforts to resuscitate him failed

Petty Officer First Class Saman Kunan, a former member of Thailand's elite Navy SEAL unit who was part of the rescue team in Chiang Rai, died on Thursday night after entering the cave to lay oxygen tanks along a potential exit route, the SEAL commander said. Thai authorities are racing to pump out water from a flooded cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, before more rains are forecast to hit the northern region. The boys, aged 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach disappeared after they went exploring in the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in northern Chiang Rai province after a soccer game June 23. (Photo by Linh Pham/Getty Images)

Cave rescue experts have said it could be safest to simply supply the boys where they are for now, and wait for the water to go down.
A former UDAU diver dies from lack of oxygen while delivering supplies to a group of boys and a man trapped in the Tham Luang Nang Non.