Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue
Written by Marc Aronson
Narrated by Vikas Adam
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About this audiobook
On June 23, 2018, twelve members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach were exploring the Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand when disaster struck. A rainy season downpour flooded the tunnels, trapping them as they took shelter on a shelf of the dark cave. Eight days of searching yielded no signs of life, but on July 2 they were discovered by two British divers. The boys and their coach were eventually rescued in an international operation that took three days. What could have been a terrible tragedy became an amazing story of survival.
Award-winning author Marc Aronson brings us the backstory behind how this astounding rescue took place. Rising Water highlights the creative thinking and technology that made a successful mission possible by examining the physical, environmental, and psychological factors surrounding the rescue. From the brave Thai Navy SEAL who lost his life while placing oxygen tanks along the passageways of the cave, to the British divers that ultimately swam the boys to safety, to the bravery of the boys and their coach, this is the breathtaking rescue that captivated the entire world.
Marc Aronson
Marc Aronson is the acclaimed author of Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert, which earned four starred reviews. He is also the author of Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue and Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado, winner of the ALA’s first Robert F. Sibert Award for nonfiction and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. He has won the LMP award for editing and has a PhD in American history from New York University. Marc is a member of the full-time faculty in the graduate program of the Rutgers School of Communication and Information. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with his wife, Marina Budhos, and sons. You can visit him online at MarcAronson.com.
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Reviews for Rising Water
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Describes the global collaboration to save a boys’ soccer team trapped in a network of caves in Thailand after rainstorms flooded the caves. Also describes cave diving and the essential skills required to be a diver and how the divers and their experience were key to the boys’ successful rescue. Beyond a rescue story, it is also an introduction to cave diving, an extreme sport of rarefied athletes. Several of the black and white photos were unfortunately indistinct/dark in appearance, hard to make out objects/context. Front matter includes a useful list of people involved, from the soccer teammates to divers from different countries, Thai SEALs, and Thai government officials. Back matter includes author’s description of research process for the book, citations, further info, and index. About three maps throughout to illustrate the layout of the cave and path divers needed to take.