{"id":433,"date":"2026-05-29T20:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=433"},"modified":"2026-05-29T20:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:13:31","slug":"rescuers-pull-first-trapped-person-from-flooded-laos-cave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=433","title":{"rendered":"Rescuers pull first trapped person from flooded Laos cave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>May 29 (Reuters) &#8211; A team of \u200cspecialist divers said they pulled one man from a flooded cave in central Laos on Friday, as four more people remained trapped with two others still missing.<\/div><div>Seven Lao nationals had entered the cave in \u200bXaisomboun province to prospect for gold, but their exit was blocked, leaving them \u200btrapped for more than a week.<\/div><div>Video footage showed rescuers guiding a \u2060mud-smeared man wearing a headlamp from the tight cave entrance.<\/div><div>Reuters had not yet verified \u200bthe video at the time of writing.<\/div><div>It took about 37 minutes to bring him through \u200bthe passages to safety, the team said in a Facebook post.<\/div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><\/div><\/div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"People trapped in a cave are found alive in Xaisomboun Province\" class=\"wp-image-431\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9742ca07ac925bc2ecb1d528bccb8cd1-1024x576.avif\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9742ca07ac925bc2ecb1d528bccb8cd1-1024x576.avif 1024w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9742ca07ac925bc2ecb1d528bccb8cd1-300x169.avif 300w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9742ca07ac925bc2ecb1d528bccb8cd1-768x432.avif 768w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9742ca07ac925bc2ecb1d528bccb8cd1.avif 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div><div><div><\/div><\/div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A rescuer makes his way to the people trapped inside a cave in Xaisomboun Province\" class=\"wp-image-432\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7ada052aa3ecbdaa01969fe03c277f1c-1024x576.avif\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7ada052aa3ecbdaa01969fe03c277f1c-1024x576.avif 1024w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7ada052aa3ecbdaa01969fe03c277f1c-300x169.avif 300w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7ada052aa3ecbdaa01969fe03c277f1c-768x432.avif 768w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7ada052aa3ecbdaa01969fe03c277f1c.avif 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><\/div><\/div><button><span><div><svg><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/button><\/div><div><div>Item 1 of 2 People trapped in a cave are found alive by rescue workers in Xaisomboun Province, Laos, May 27, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Norrased Palasing\/via REUTERS<\/div><div><button><span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/button><button><span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div>Rescuers said they had stopped operations for the night as they evaluated the remaining four people they had found, and planned to resume the search \u200bfor the final two.<\/div><div>A team of volunteers from neighbouring Thailand joined the rescue efforts on \u200bSunday and further reinforcements were due to arrive on Friday, including from France, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand and \u200cAustralia, \u2060the group posted on Facebook.<\/div><div>Kengkard Bongkawong, a Thai cave diver involved in the mission, said in a Facebook post on Friday that the health of the survivors was deteriorating as they awaited evacuation.<\/div><div>&#8220;The rescue operation is extremely challenging, as it involves moving them through \u200bnarrow passages stretching hundreds \u200bof metres and \u2060requiring underwater diving,&#8221; he said.<\/div><div>Footage taken on Thursday by Norrased Palasing, another Thai volunteer, showed survivors sitting on a ledge deep in \u200bthe cave and crying with relief.<\/div><div>Reuters was able to \u200bconfirm the \u2060location from corroborating social media footage showing two divers in the video both went into the cave for the rescue. Facial features of men in the videos matched corroborating footage of \u2060members \u200bof the rescue team. 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