{"id":11677,"date":"2026-05-29T16:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=11677"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:59:08","slug":"1-miner-rescued-after-more-than-a-week-trapped-in-flooded-laos-cave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=11677","title":{"rendered":"1 miner rescued after more than a week trapped in flooded Laos cave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>At least one Laos gold miner has been brought\u00a0<span class=\"link\">out of a flooded cave<\/span>\u00a0where monsoon rains trapped a group for over a week, according to a Laotian rescue organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rescue Volunteer for People said on social media that a person, who was not named, was brought out safely at 8:37 p.m. local time on Friday. It was not immediately clear how the miner was rescued. The organization said their name would be announced later.\u00a0  <\/p>\n<p>Seven artisanal gold miners have been in the cave for nine days. Five of the seven miners were located, and two remain missing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Conditions inside the cave are dangerous and complex. Even before the flooding due to monsoon rains, it was nearly impossible to get in and out of the cave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/29\/aa9135d4-174d-40bc-9f6f-c2061665f212\/thumbnail\/620x414g2\/da29aa139d1a1d11e903794c2f247f76\/ap26149526994984.jpg#\" alt=\"Laos Cave Rescue \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/29\/aa9135d4-174d-40bc-9f6f-c2061665f212\/thumbnail\/620x414g2\/da29aa139d1a1d11e903794c2f247f76\/ap26149526994984.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/29\/aa9135d4-174d-40bc-9f6f-c2061665f212\/thumbnail\/1240x828g2\/2550d9d513dbc3ad477c2f36702a5ad0\/ap26149526994984.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">This video grab provided by the Association Of Volunteers For Lao People, shows rescuers evacuating the first of five villagers, center, who had been trapped in a cave in Xaisomboun province, Laos, Friday, May 29, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Association Of Volunteers For Lao People via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The round trip to where the group is trapped takes a trained team of divers about five hours. Complicating efforts is Laos&#8217;\u00a0<span class=\"link\">monsoon season<\/span>, which creates a &#8220;ticking clock,&#8221;\u00a0<span class=\"link\">lead rescue diver Mikko Paasi<\/span>\u00a0told CBS News chief correspondent Matt Gutman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The environment is so hostile that anything can happen,&#8221; Paasi said.<\/p>\n<p>The rescue team had hoped to be able to pump the water out of the cave, but five days of those efforts have not succeeded. Paasi said his team was considering teaching the trapped miners how to scuba dive.<\/p>\n<p>The scuba idea was &#8220;the last option,&#8221; Paasi said, because it would put both the miners and the rescue divers at &#8220;quite high risk.&#8221; The waters inside the cave are murky and difficult to navigate, and the system is filled with dead ends and knife-sharp rocks. Panic or uncertainty inside that environment could be fatal.<\/p>\n<p>The rescue team has asked the Laos government for immunity from charges in case someone dies during the rescue mission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Finding them was difficult, but finding them, in a way, was the easy part,&#8221; said Josh Morris, who helped lead the rescue of a youth soccer team from a <span class=\"link\">flooded cave in Thailand<\/span> in 2018. &#8220;You have to have a whole practiced, well-thought out plan to move people in conditions where the risks of serious problems is very high.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  Matt  Gutman<\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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