A hearing into the short life of the cave boy has recently concluded in the UK. Duangphet Phromthep was only 17 years old. He took his own life at a boarding school in Leicestershire in England in February this year. – It was not possible to predict or prevent, concludes Professor Catherine Mason, according to the PA news agency. This autumn, she chaired a hearing after the death. Duangphet was 12 years old and captain of his football team, when he, the coach and his teammates were trapped in a cave in the summer of 2018. The whole world followed the dramatic rescue operation. Facts about the rescue operation in Thailand On 23 June 2018, a football team of twelve boys aged 11 to 16 and their 25-year-old coach were reported missing after being trapped in the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in the far north of Thailand. On 2 July, after a large-scale search operation, they were found alive some four kilometers inside the cave. On July 6, a Thai diver died when he was placing oxygen cylinders inside the cave as part of preparations to transport the boys out. On 8 July, the first four boys were rescued in a rescue operation that took eleven hours. On 9 July, four more boys were taken out. This action took nine hours. On 10 July, the last four boys and the coach were taken out. (Sources: Guardian, AFP, DPA, AP) He became a teenager while they were locked in the cave. After 18 days, everyone was rescued. One man died trying to save them. Disliked the celebrity status Afterwards, the football team, led by Duangphet, was flown around the world to talk about the incident. The cave became a tourist attraction, a film and TV series were made about the boys’ trauma. 12 soccer boys and their coach were surprised by early monsoon rains in the summer of 2018 and could not get out of the cave on their own. A large-scale rescue operation got them out after 18 days. Photo: HANDOUT / AFP Duangphet received a scholarship from Brooke House College in Great Britain. Specialist in child psychiatry at the University of Oxford, Rebecca Syed, believes it was thanks to the celebrity status he had after the cave drama. A status he himself was not comfortable with, according to The Times, who spoke to him last autumn before he moved to the UK. The departure had then been postponed for two years due to the pandemic. – I am the only one who was saved. The rescue work was done by others. I am not the one to be praised, he said in Thai. He didn’t know English. It bothered him. In the weeks before he died, he was worried about an upcoming English exam. He asked his former teammate Adul Samon, who also survived the cave drama, for advice. Samon studied in the United States and spoke good English. Teammate Adul Samon at Duangphet’s funeral. Photo: Sakchai Lalit / AP “I knew the level of his English and I knew how difficult that language test is, so I was surprised the school didn’t know Dom wasn’t ready,” he told The Austalian. Dom was Duangphet’s nickname. The family followed the funeral on video In February, Duangphet was found hanged in his room at school in England. He was discovered while he was still alive and taken to hospital. The mother spoke to him and prayed for him over the phone, but her son died two days later. But the family in Thailand did not have the money to travel to the UK to attend their son’s funeral there. Nor could they afford to pay to bring the dead boy home. The mother had to watch her 17-year-old son’s funeral on video. Brooke House College says the school worked with the Thai embassy to fulfill the family’s wishes. The ashes were later flown to Thailand, where he was buried. – We are still united in grief over Dom’s death. He is deeply missed, principal Ian Smith said in a statement on Friday. Critical of the follow-up Child psychiatrist Rebecca Syed asked that the boys be left alone after the cave drama in 2018. At the time, she lived in Bangkok and gave advice on handling the boys. – I am sickened by the fact that there was money for a school grant, but not to fly his body home to his family. Especially when we know that large sums have been paid for media rights to his story, she tells The Australian. – I don’t know how much support the school gave. They knew that he had been through a traumatic experience and that he had moved from his local environment and family to a foreign place with a foreign language and culture. They had a responsibility to follow him properly, she continues. Headteacher Ian Smith says that pupils’ health and welfare is an absolute priority at the school, which is also recognized in the legal hearing. Smith refers to the hearing’s conclusion: – This tragic event could neither be foreseen nor prevented. Need someone to talk to? If you need someone to talk to, you can use one of these low-threshold services: Mental Health Helpline: Call 116 123 or write to sidetmedord.no. Press 2 for parent support and press 3 for the student telephone on the same number. Mental Health Youth: Chat service at www.mhu.no on Monday to Thursday 18-21. The service is aimed at young adults (18-35 years). Kirkens SOS: Call 22 40 00 40 or write to soschat.no or meldinger.kirkens-sos.no. Cross on the neck: Call 800 333 21 or write to korspaahalsen.rodekors.no. The service is offered by the Red Cross and is for you under 18 years of age. Advice on eating disorders: See the website nettros.no. They have both a chat service and a telephone line. Acute suicide risk? Call 113 when it is urgent and your life is at stake. Call the emergency room on tel. 116117 for immediate assistance. Gambling addiction Norway: Call 4770200 or write to [email protected]. More info: https://www.spillpendending.no. Helpline: Help in connection with money or computer games. Call 800 800 40 or chat on hjevilijn.no. You can also talk to your GP.
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