{"id":1848791,"date":"2023-02-15T20:35:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T01:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848791"},"modified":"2023-02-15T20:36:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T01:36:24","slug":"thai-soccer-player-at-the-center-of-international-headlines-from-2018-rescue-dies-at-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thai-soccer-player-at-the-center-of-international-headlines-from-2018-rescue-dies-at-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Soccer Player At The Center Of International Headlines From 2018 Rescue, Dies At 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthai-soccer-player-at-the-center-of-international-headlines-from-2018-rescue-dies-at-17%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848791&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Thai teenager, who was saved from a cave that had flooded in his country, died Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Duangphet \u201cDom\u201d Promthep was one 13 people rescued from Tham Luang Cave, Chiang Rai Province in Thailand in July 2018. The international media attention focused on the story of the 12 players and their assistant coach. Promthep had been living in England since last summer, after he was awarded a scholarship to study soccer at Brooke House College Football Academy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are waiting for his body to return,\u201d Promthep\u2019s mother Thanaporn said at a virtual news conference in the northern Thailand town of Mae Sai, via The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>According to NYT, the Leicestershire Police reported that they were called to the school Sunday afternoon and that a 17-year-old boy had died at a hospital. Kiatisuk Senamuang, the founder of the foundation which helped secure Promthep\u2019s scholarship, said Wednesday that a teacher found Promthep unconscious in his dorm room. East Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson added to the statement. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-64646039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> He had been taken to Kettering General Hospital. According to police, his death is not being treated as suspicious. BBC reported that reports from Thailand claimed that he had sustained a head injury.<\/p>\n<p>Friends and members of the community sent in tributes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Brooke House College Football Academy Principal Ian Smith stated that the school is \u201cdeeply saddened and shaken\u201d by the young footballer\u2019s death. \u201cWe unite in grief with all of Dom\u2019s family, friends, former teammates and those involved in all parts of his life, as well as everyone affected in any way by this loss in Thailand and throughout the college\u2019s global family,\u201d According to the BBC, he made this statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhen we met last time before you left for England, I still jokingly said to you that I have to get your autograph when you come back,\u201d mourned Prachak Sutham, one of Promthep\u2019s teammates from the \u201cWild Boars\u201d A junior soccer team was also rescued in the cave. \u201cRest in peace my friend, there will always be 13 of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cYou are one of the persons who pushes me and makes me want to develop myself to your level,\u201d Chanin Viboonrungruang was another teammate. \u201cIf next life is real, I wish we will play football together as a team again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe soul of Dom Duangphet Promthep has gone to a better world,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jobmoda\/posts\/pfbid0UhURLy1bNep3REE8DCKkMFujhh4Ug8k2XidLkTpy8VdqHeXAVUgLXnFwYmDf8UU4l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supatpong Methigo<\/a>Facebook user &#8216;Profemthep&#8217; wrote that he was a Buddhist monk who also taught school in Thailand. \u201cI hope that the dharma who has taught you will accompany you everywhere. And in my next life, I would like you to be my disciple again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">Promthep, then 13 years old and captain of Wild Boars when he was rescued from Tham Luang Cave with his team. On June 23, 2018, the team and their assistant coach attempted to explore the cave, but heavy monsoon rains flooded the cave and forced them to go deeper to avoid drowning. The Thai Navy SEALs were initially dispatched to rescue the victims. They were followed by British cave rescue divers and a U.S. Air Force rescue squadron.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\">The boys were discovered by their coach on July 2 on a rock shelf about 2.5 miles from the cave mouth. The coach and all 12 players were saved by July 10. Saman Kunan was one of the rescuers that died during the operation. A second member of the rescue team, Thai Navy SEAL Beirut Pakbara (Seal of the Navy), died in 2019 from a blood infection that he contracted during the rescue.<\/p>\n<p>Promthep received a scholarship to Brooke House College Football Academy&#8217;s August. \u201cToday my dream has come true,\u201d He said it on Instagram, via NYT. \u201cI promise I will focus and do my best,\u201d He stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Duangphet \u201cDom\u201d Promthep was 17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Thai teenager who was rescued from a flooded cave in the country died Tuesday. Duangphet \u201cDom\u201d Promthep was one of 13 individuals rescued from the Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, in July 2018. The story of the twelve players and their assistant coach drew international headlines at the time. 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