How 13 Thai Boys Could Survive In A Dark Cave! (10 July 2018)

Life Lesson Learned From This Event

Anni Noke
10 min readJul 10, 2019
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Miracle At Doi Nang Non

Tham Luang, Mountain of the Sleeping Lady With “13 Wild Boars”

One of my unforgettable memories is about the story of Thailand’s extraordinary cave rescue in North of Thailand that happened last year on 23 June 2018. The memory popped up in my head and brought me to write about this event. It’s been one year since the event.

The incident began when 13 young soccer players and their coach went missing inside the Doi Nang Non, cave in the north of Thailand. The cave was long and complex. Heavy rains threatened to flood the caves making it impossible to rescue them. They didn’t know if they could be rescued in time.

Doi Nang Non

The Doi Nang Non (also known as Tham Luang) mountains are located in the Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the province of Chiang Rai. The mountains are located in northern Thailand near the border of Myanmar. The shape of the mountain looks like a lady laying down. The mountains are well known by the locals and get their name from an old legend of a Chang Roong princess from Sibsongpanna, a village near Yunnan China. According to the legend, the princess had fallen in love with a young man that…

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Anni Noke
Anni Noke

Written by Anni Noke

“Only one book is worth reading: the heart.” -Ajahn Chah- I practice meditation. I hope to share stories, ideas of peace, and happiness to everyone. medium.com

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