Divers try to bring food to survivors trapped in cave in Laos: 'Getting them out won't be easy'

Watch the moment rescue team finds 5 of the missing in cave in Laos
Divers taking part in the rescue of five survivors who were trapped in a flooded cave in Laos are now working to bring food and medicine to them in the underground chamber where they are.
Seven people entered the site on the day to look for gold on May 20, when the cave was suddenly flooded by heavy rains.
"We found five Laotians. They are all safe. We will continue to provide help," said Thai rescue diver Norrased Palasing.
Finnish diver Mikko Paasi, who is also taking part in the operation, said he and Norrased needed to "dive back immediately" and bring more supplies to the men so they could regain their strength and prepare to leave the cave.
Group smiling after being found
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"We still have the task of getting them out of there ahead of us, and it won't be easy," Paasi wrote on social media.
According to state media outlet Lao Security News, rescuers will bring food and medicine to the five survivors and will continue to look for the other two missing.
The place where the five were found is about 300 meters from the exit of the cave, it said.
Norrased and Paasi, who arrived at the cave in Laos on Monday, also participated in the dramatic rescue operation in 2018 of a youth football team that was trapped in a flooded cave in neighboring Thailand.
Narrow tunnels and difficult access: what the cave is like
The cave is in a remote area of the city of Long Gian, in the province of Xaysomboun, and extends deep underground.
The interior of the cave is part of a system used for mining and ore transport, with narrow tunnels, flooded sections and tight passages. In some points, the space is so narrow that it is only possible to move around by crawling.
The Thailand Rescue Diver group, from Thailand, which is assisting in the search, released images of the operation inside the cave. The records show an extremely hostile environment: narrow corridors, high water levels, limited visibility and points where access is only possible with cave diving techniques.

Source: G1