The Boys in the Cave: Deep Inside the Impossible Rescue in Thailand

by Matt Gutman

Overview

"From award-winning ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman, and written using exclusive interviews and information comes the definitive account of the dramatic story that gripped the world: the miracle rescue of twelve boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave miles underground for nearly three weeks--a pulse-pounding page-turner by a reporter who was there every step of their journey out"--

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062909923
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/25/2019
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	360,947
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Matt Gutman is the Chief National Correspondent for ABC News, and the host of the Saturday morning show Sea Rescue. A veteran journalist once held captive on the job, he has spent part of his career researching and reporting on human survival against impossible odds. He lives in Los Angeles with his family. The Boys in the Cave is his first book.

Table of Contents

Tham Luang Cave Complex Map ix

Prologue 1

Part 1

1 The Moo Pa 11

2 Some Birthday 21

3 "How can I sleep when my son is inside?" 33

4 Retreat 46

5 "You have one last chance, or the boys will die" 66

6 The Foreigners 88

7 The Shadow Quartet 111

8 Jungle Bash 127

9 Contact 145

Part 2

10 Suicide Mission 163

11 The Zero-Risk Option 183

12 Letters Home 210

13 The Wet Mulles 227

14 Sticking Your Neck Out 247

15 Getting the Green Light? 263

16 D-Day 277

17 Like an Egg in a Rock 304

18 A Few Shots of Ketamine 322

19 The Complacency Gap 348

20 Lost 366

21 "Life Celebration Party" 395

Epilogue 400

Acknowledgments 415

Figures Mentioned in The Boys in the Cave 423