The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. July 19, 2018 Thailand: Boys Rescued from Flooded Cave Released from Hospital --------------------------------------------------------------- In Thailand, 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave last week were released from a hospital in Chiang Rai Tuesday, appearing fit and happy after an 18-day ordeal that grabbed international headlines. After their release, the boys appeared with their soccer coach at a group press conference, telling reporters they were overjoyed when a pair of British divers first discovered them nine days after they became trapped. .