The 18-day ordeal faced by the Wild Boars, 12 footballers, ranging from 11 to 16 years. and their 25-year-old football coach, Ekkapol Chantawong, may be over but their story may remain etched in many hearts for a long time to come. The 13 lucky ones were trapped in the flooded Than Luang cave in Mae Sai in Chiang Rai province, Northern Thailand and were miraculously saved by Thai Navy SEAL and a team of international divers. While Jedsada Chokdumrongsuk, permanent secretary at the Public Health Ministry, said the boys being footballers, have high immune system; the Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha said the boys were given anxiolytic, an anti-anxiety drugs. Then of course, there is a story circulating that the coach , Ekkapol Chantawong. who had once been a Buddhist monk for 10 years, taught the boys Buddhist meditation while in the cave and I suppose that probably explains the anxious yet smiling boys found by a pair of British divers when the boys were10 days into the ordeal. Buddhist meditation definitely delights; just like Dhamma delights! Welcome back!
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