WEBVTT

00:00.788 --> 00:03.371
(somber music)

00:13.097 --> 00:15.280
- This situation is
different from anything

00:15.280 --> 00:16.970
I think anyone's ever done.

00:16.970 --> 00:20.730
No one's ever attempted
to rescue 13 people

00:20.730 --> 00:23.030
who are not divers from
a cave that's flooded.

00:29.070 --> 00:30.810
First time I got into the cave,

00:30.810 --> 00:32.600
I was a little nervous honestly

00:32.600 --> 00:35.200
and the first time I went
into the cave was to dive.

00:36.920 --> 00:39.180
I went under and we
decided to follow a line

00:40.580 --> 00:43.423
and then came up and it was
just complete blackness.

00:44.496 --> 00:46.923
- [Radio] (mumbles) be
advised we have visual.

00:46.923 --> 00:50.930
- When I saw the first
child, I was relieved to know

00:50.930 --> 00:53.790
that they were okay because
we had no communication

00:53.790 --> 00:57.300
past chamber three on,
so you would feel a diver

00:57.300 --> 01:00.290
tugging on this rope, but
as that child came up,

01:00.290 --> 01:02.327
you had no idea what their status was.

01:03.983 --> 01:05.100
I was already in the water

01:05.100 --> 01:07.000
and I would rush to them real quick

01:07.000 --> 01:08.820
and flip them over and
make sure they're all good.

01:08.820 --> 01:10.360
And then you could
finally have that relief,

01:10.360 --> 01:12.800
that okay, this child is good.

01:12.800 --> 01:15.279
And you had to do that 13 times.

01:15.279 --> 01:18.750
(triumphant music)

01:18.750 --> 01:20.444
Once we got everyone out of the cave,

01:20.444 --> 01:22.920
then it was time to finally relax

01:22.920 --> 01:26.483
and you know, hugs, high
fives, people were cheering.

01:26.483 --> 01:29.400
(triumphant music)

01:30.570 --> 01:33.480
We're all willing to put
our lives on the line

01:33.480 --> 01:35.860
to help these other countries out.

01:35.860 --> 01:38.230
And we have to think, you
know, if it was our children

01:38.230 --> 01:42.390
or our families, we would
want people to step up

01:42.390 --> 01:45.587
and help us in that same situation.

01:45.587 --> 01:49.670
(music moves towards resolution)