A team of specialist divers said they pulled one man from a flooded cave in central Laos on Friday, as four more people remained trapped with two others still missing.
Seven Lao nationals had entered the cave in Xaisomboun province to prospect for gold, but their exit was blocked, leaving them trapped for more than a week.
Video footage showed rescuers guiding a mud-smeared man wearing a headlamp from the tight cave entrance.
Reuters had not yet verified the video at the time of writing.
It took about 37 minutes to bring him through the passages to safety, the team said in a Facebook post….
Rescuers Pull First Trapped Person From Flooded Laos Cave
