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Re:Thailand cave rescue: all 12 boys and coach successfully ... by delroth on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @11:04AM (#17498688)
Hindsight is 20/20. I guess nobody should ever do anything because it always has a tiny chance to go wrong?

The coach probably didn't even take a wrong decision based on the information available at the time (it isn't rain season yet).

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Re:Thailand cave rescue: all 12 boys and coach successfully ... by sametmax on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @11:33AM (#17498966)
Err, no.

If you plan to enter deep into a huge cave, you check the weather forecast. Rainy season or not. And you don't enter if you see a chance of rain.

He failed on this one, and a man is dead because of it.

Now I'm don't think he should be blamed for it. It would be very unproductive.

But we certainly should make it a cautionary tale.

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