Adul Samon: Cheating Death - From Thai Cave Disaster to US Higher Education

Adul Samon was one of 12 boys who, along with their soccer coach, were trapped in a flooded underground cave in Thailand in 2018. Their dramatic rescue was recently made into the film Thirteen Lives, directed by Ron Howard. Adul was instrumental in the rescue effort because, as the only English speaker in the group, he was able to effectively communicate with divers and relay vital information to his teammates, which helped them survive the almost two-week ordeal. He has since immigrated to the United States and is an undergraduate student at Middlebury College.

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Where's the rest of the interview? It cuts off half way through. It was interesting to hear Adul talk about how little the cave incident had affected him and his friends mentally. I think that the main reason is that they are all boys from small villages in Thailand, where life is comparatively tough when compared to the lives of kids of a similar age living in western countries, who would be mentally scared if they lost their wifi signal for 30 minutes.