Meet Cedjie Aquino, The Lone Pinoy In Thailand Cave Rescue Mission
Meet Cedjie Aquino, the lone Pinoy member of the rescue team who will extract the 12 young football players trapped inside a cave in Thailand.
Christopher John “Cedjie” Aquino heard the reports regarding the 12 young football players together with their assistant coach trapped in a flooded underground cave in northern Thailand.
The football players aging between 11 and 16 are trapped in the flooded underground cave since June 23, 2018.
Rescuers from the Thai Navy, United Kingdom, United States, and Australia immediately respond to rescue the young athletes.
Cedjie received a call from the authorities as they were looking for skillful volunteers who can climb at least 800 meters.
“I was called in to help as the cave entrance attempt was becoming quite a challenge due to rising water level. People were becoming restless and angry at the slow progress. So they sought another way in,” Aquino said quoted by ABS-CBN.
Aquino and his two Thai climber friends went to Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai and surprised after seeing a lot of so-called rescuers without an idea on how to rescue the boys.
Cedjie’s team called “Camp Geo” started climbing searching for possible passages and holes to extract the young footballers.
On July 2, two British rescuers were able to reach the boys but still looking for possibilities on how to extract the kids.
Aquino’s team found a hole and tried to make a way to rescue the young athletes but explained that he is not a hero amid the praises from people.
“The one good thing about all this, you get to see the good in humanity. You meet people whose intentions are pure, dedicated to just helping. We are all here because we know we can do something,” Cedjie added.
Unfortunately, a Thai rescuer identified as Samarn Poonan died during the rescue operation after entering the cave to lay oxygen tanks along the possible exit.
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