A Thai navy SEAL diver has died more than a year after helping rescue 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, according to reports. Officer Beiret Bureerak got a blood infection during the rescue, and Reuters has reported the Royal Thai Navy announced on Friday (Saturday NZT) that his condition had deteriorated significantly. GETTY IMAGES A group of Thai Navy divers in the Tham Luang cave during rescue operations in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Another former Thai Navy SEAL diver, Saman Gunan, died during the rescue mission. One diver said in a Facebook post that he had spent 63 hours in the cave system over nine days.

Source: Stuff December 27, 2019 20:03 UTC