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- The second phase of the rescue operation to free the stranded Thai soccer team is underway.
- One boy was rescued Monday, the Thai navy confirmed.
- Reporters have since said three more have been rescued.
- Four other members of the team were successfully extracted Sunday.
- In all, 12 boys and their coach had been stuck in the Tham Luang cave network since June 23, when water levels partially flooded the escape routes.
Rescue divers have headed back inside a flooded cave complex in northern Thailand to rescue more members of the stranded soccer team — and appear to have made their first rescue of the day.
Sky News cited a Royal Thai Navy official as saying one boy had been rescued Monday, bringing to five the total number of boys who had been rescued.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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