British cave-diver John Volanthen removes his diving suit after walking out from Tham Luang Nang Non cave on June 28, 2018 in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Photo by Linh Pham/Getty Images ...

British cave-diver John Volanthen removes his diving suit after walking out from Tham Luang Nang Non cave on June 28, 2018 in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Photo by Linh Pham/Getty Images ...

Rick Stanton, a retired firefighter and veteran cave diver from England, was called in to help. "When we first arrived in Thailand, the river was absolutely raging," he says.

Guest Column: Teaching Viggo Mortensen 40 Years of Thai Cave Diving for ‘Thirteen Lives’ Cave diver Richard Stanton helped save 12 boys and their soccer coach from a dire fate in 2018. Serving ...

They also directed the Oscar-winning documentary "Free Solo" in 2018. Their new film, called "The Rescue," recounts the massive rescue operation inside the cave in Thailand.

Rescue operations reached a successful climax at the Tham Luang Cave complex in northern Thailand on Tuesday, where divers pulled the last trapped members of the Wild Boars soccer team to safety ...

A small beam of light travels over 13 boys who are huddled together on a ledge in the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand. A soccer team and their coach have just been discovered in a chamber ...

China and Australia have joined the search for 12 boys missing in a Thai cave, as divers on Sunday closed in on the spot they believe the teens are sheltering.

The perilous mission to evacuate 12 boys and their 25-year-old coach trapped deep inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand is underway, Thai authorities announced Sunday.