The event, which made international headlines, prompted thousands of volunteers to offer their assistance to Thai forces, including acclaimed British cave divers John Volanthen and Richard Stanton. The successful mission saw all 13 individuals alive and rescued from the cave between July 8 and 10 in 2018.
Thai Movie 2018
This image released by National Geographic shows a scene from the documentary film "The Rescue," chronicling the 2018 rescue of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach, trapped deep inside a flooded cave. (National Geographic via AP)
This image released by National Geographic shows a scene from the documentary film "The Rescue," chronicling the 2018 rescue of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach, trapped deep inside a flooded cave.
For two-and-a-half weeks in the summer of 2018, the eyes of the world were focused on Northern Thailand, where a real-life disaster movie was playing out in real time. On June 23, twelve teenage soccer players and their adult coach made their way through Tham Luang Nang Non cave just outside the town of Chiang Rai. Before they could make their return trip, heavy rainfall and flooding from the monsoon storms cut off their exit and stranded them deep within a system of narrow underwater passageways that were impossible to navigate without diving equipment.
Later that same day, though, Musk took offense when one of the rescue officials said that his submarine technology was "not practical" for the operation. But a more serious fallout occurred on July 15 when one of the British cave divers, Vern Unsworth, labeled the kid-sized submarine "a PR stunt" in an interview with CNN. Musk immediately responded with a series of since-deleted tweets in which he described Unsworth as a "pedo guy." He publicly apologized on Twitter three days later, but Unsworth sued him for defamation in September 2018. The case went before an L.A. federal court the following year and Musk was ultimately found not liable in December 2019.
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Muay Thai MoviesMany people don't know that there are muay thai movies. Western boxing and Chinese kung fu are more prevalent in films so managing to find a movie that features Muay Thai is exciting. Two great choices are also classic martial arts movies. The Thai action star, Tony Jaa starred in a 2003 feature film Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior. This stylized and well-choreographed Muay Thai movie has led to two sequels and generated a renewed interest in the sport and attracted new fans. One of the earliest films to feature Muay Thai was 1989's Kickboxer starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. The movie may not be the most accurate depiction of the sport and is full of Asian stereotypes, but it is an entertaining movie filled with great kickboxing sequences, an evil villain, a beautiful love interest and an old kung fu master.
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Director Ron Howard crafts an absorbing account of a rescue operation that captivated the world. On June 23, 2018, twelve Thai boys and their soccer coach entered the Tham Luang Nang Non underground cave system for a recreational hike. Thirteen Lives tells their extraordinary story of survival and dangerous extrication after eighteen days trapped by flooding water. The film plays out on several fronts as disparate groups come together to find the boys; then formulate a risky plan to save them. Thirteen Lives has superb technical traits that illustrate the immense difficulty of an unparalleled situation. The emotional drama is sufficiently represented but softened by a somewhat clinical approach.
His charity work has been recognized by the US House of Representatives, the Illinois House of Representatives, and has received numerous awards including the 2018 Southern Illinois United Nations Association Human Rights Defender award, the 2019 Award of Excellence from the City of Marion Chamber of Commerce, Southern Illinoisan 2019 Leaders Among Us Award and 2020 Above Self Service award from the rotary club of Thai Town, Los Angeles.
Having been unable to depart with the advance search party to Thailand in 2018, Jason arrived on site once the boys had been found. His experience and sound judgement were required if the boys were ever going to get out of the cave alive.
Harry has a professional and voluntary interest in search and rescue operations, establishing the first sump rescue training course in Australasia. By building relationships with emergency services locally he has been preparing for such an event. The 2018 Thailand cave rescue was an opportunity to put this training to work.
MGM and Amazon on Tuesday released the trailer for Thirteen Lives, the Ron Howard-directed drama about the real-life rescue in 2018 of 12 youth Thai soccer players and their coach from a cave after it flooded and trapped them inside. The incident became a worldwide event that encompassed more than 10,000 volunteers as a global group of experts teamed to organize and execute the daring, dangerous rescue.
The daily hordes of tourists have exhausted the Thai beach made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1449240174198-2'); ); Maya Bay, on Phi Phi Leh island in the Andaman Sea, will be closed to all visitors for four months annually starting this June to allow for the recovery of the battered coral reefs and sea life. The decision to keep visitors away was made Wednesday by Thailand's National Parks and Wildlife Department."It's like someone who has been working for decades and has never stopped," said Thon Thamrongnawasawat, a prominent marine scientist and member of Thailand's national strategy committee on environment development. "Overworked and tired, all the beauty of the beach is gone. We need a timeout for the beach."Many Thai marine national parks are closed from mid-May to mid-October, but because of tourist demand, Maya Bay has remained open year-round since a Hollywood crew set foot there in 1999 to film "The Beach," the dark backpacker tale based on a novel by Alex Garland.The beach receives an average of 200 boats and 4,000 visitors each day. Recent surveys by a team led by marine biologists found a large part of the coral reefs around the area is gone and sea life has virtually disappeared.Other Southeast Asian beach resorts are under threat too.In the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to close Boracay, a small central island popular for its powdery white sand beaches and vibrant nightlife, saying it has become a "cesspool.""Their waste would go directly to the ocean. The germ content is already very high there," Duterte said last week. "It only looks good because of the white coastline."His top environmental officials say Boracay may be closed in the last week of April after a 30-day notice is issued and the tropical island placed under a state of calamity to allow the government to extend emergency funds to affected villagers and establishments.During the closure, which could last six months or less, a massive cleanup is planned and noncompliant beach resorts and other establishments would have to install waste treatment and disposal systems to halt further contamination. Boracay drew more than 1 million tourists last year mostly from Asia, the United States and Europe. In this May 13, 2005, file photo, a man puts finishing touches on his sand castle along the beac in Boracay, central Philippines. As the Thailand government announced that it will close its iconic Maya Bay on Phi Phi Leh island, Philippines President President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to close Boracay, a small central island popular for its powdery white sand beaches and vibrant nightlife, saying it has become a "cesspool." (AP Photo/Pat Roque, File) (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle []).push(); Boracay officials may face administrative cases for allowing environmental laws to be breached for years and for failing to regulate the influx of tourists beyond the island's capacity.Thon said the Thai beach's temporary closing will kick-start the rehabilitation process."If you ask me if it is too late to save our islands, the answer is no. But if we don't do something today, it will be too late," said Thanya Netithammakum, head of the National Parks and Wildlife Department.When Maya Bay reopens, the department will set a daily limit of 2,000 tourists, while boats will no longer be allowed to anchor there and will have to dock on the opposite side of the island at floating piers.The number of visitors the beach has been seeing is unsustainable, and a temporary closure is better than nothing, Thon said."The locals know that and we all know that," he said. "This would be a good way to start managing our tourist destinations. And we can improve on what we learn after the first year. We know that it's important we manage our resources well. It's not about more numbers of tourists but about sustainable tourism that benefit locals as well."More than 35 million tourists visited Thailand last year, compared to around 10 million when "The Beach" premiered in 2000.Thai authorities have in the past closed off islands ruined by mass tourism. Koh Yoong, part of the Phi Phi island chain, and Koh Tachai, in the Similan Islands National Park, have been off limits to tourists permanently since mid-2016.Thon, who surveyed both islands recently, said the results have been amazing. Areas with a bleak sea life environment and coral bleaching are now teeming with robust and colorful sea life and coral, he said. He's certain that the annual closure will also help restore Maya Bay."I have always dreamt that one day we could work to bring her back to life. I have been following and working on Maya Bay for more than 30 years. I had seen it when it was a heaven and I see it when it has nothing left. Anything that we can do to bring this paradise back to Thailand is the dream of a marine biologist," he said. 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 2ff7e9595c
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