Vientiane, May 31, 2026 (AFP) - Survivors advise rescuers in seach for last two stuck in Laos cave

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2026-05-31

From their shared hospital room, several survivors freed from a semi-submerged cave in Laos after more than a week underground are advising rescuers on how to find the last two missing men believed to be trapped even deeper inside. Rescuers, including foreign cave divers, said Sunday they were devising a risky search for the two men and gaining insights about the narrow, flooded passageways from the survivors -- one of whom spoke of "waiting to d......

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