‘That familiar confluence of triumph and tragedy is what builds our ability to understand and share the feelings of each other’

The nerve-shredding three-day mission ended on Tuesday with the final group of four boys and the coach emerging from the cave

A birthday party in a cave had seemed like a good idea two weeks ago until the cave was flooded by torrential rain

All the young boys and their football coach have been rescued from the Tham Luang cave following a harrowing 18 day ordeal

Two more were still inside the cave but authorities were confident of getting them out by Tuesday evening through a claustrophobic network of tunnels

Looming rain was one of the main enemies of the operation, threatening to flood the cave complex in mountainous northern Thailand