Watch: Moment rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave
Rescuers in Laos successfully located five villagers trapped in a flooded cave for a week due to heavy rain and landslides. While five individuals were found alive, two others remain missing. The group had entered the cave in search of gold and wildlife but became trapped when the entrance was blocked.
- ▪Five villagers were rescued from a flooded cave in Laos after being trapped for a week.
- ▪Two individuals are still missing, according to rescue teams.
- ▪The villagers entered the cave to search for gold deposits and wildlife.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 19 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ 'Not far away': Rescuers confident of reaching group trapped in Laos cave — ABC News (Australia)
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Watch: Moment rescuers find five people trapped in Laos caveRescuers in Laos have found five villagers alive inside a flooded cave after they were trapped for a week following heavy rain and landslides.Two people are still missing, rescue teams said.Footage shared by the rescuers showed cave divers crawling through narrow, muddy passageways.The seven people were part of a group of villagers who had gone into the cave in search of gold deposits and wildlife, but could not get out as the cave's entrance was blocked.Read more on this story here.35 minutes agoMiningLaosAsiaShareSaveCould a football match soften North Korea-South Korea relations?A North Korean women's football team played in South Korea marking the first time athletes from the North have crossed the border in nearly 8 years.
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