The Diver Who Entered the Dark

In June 2018, twelve boys from the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach became trapped deep inside the Tham Luang cave system in northern Thailand. Floodwaters sealed the passages behind them. For nine days, the world waited while the boys huddled in darkness, running out of air, terrified they would die underground. The rescue plan was almost unthinkable. Elite cave divers would have to navigate miles of submerged, zero-visibility tunnels — the same tunnels trapping the boys.…