Maya shunker talks to australian doctor and underwater cave explorer, harry. The boys had been stuck in the cave for nearly two weeks; things were looking bleak. Harry came up with a plan: anatotize the boys, fit them with an xygen mask and then swim them out while they were fully unconscious. He says he was inspired by his friend rick stanton, a british cave diver who was already on the ground in tylan helping with the rescue.
Dr. Richard "Harry" Harris is an anesthesiologist and expert cave diver who was tasked with a seemingly impossible mission: to rescue a boys' soccer team trapped 2.5 miles deep within a flooded cave in Thailand. He talks with Maya about his decision to heed the call.
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