Rescuers in Thailand retrieved four of the 12 boys who have been trapped with their soccer coach in a cave for two weeks in the first phase of an operation that could take days.
Chiang Rai provincial acting Gov. Narongsak Osatanakorn said the four healthiest boys were taken from the cave first. The rescued children have been taken to the hospital, though their condition was not immediately clear.
Narongsak, who noted that the operation is going "better than expected," added that the next phase of the operation would start in 10-20 hours.