https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/d3ezkv/all-12-thai-boys-rescued-from-cave-without-help-from-elons-impractical-submarine

On Tuesday morning, the Associated Press reported that all 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach had been successfully rescued from the flooded cave system where they had been trapped for weeks. Remarkably, only a single death resulted from the recovery efforts after a rescue diver ran out of air while leaving oxygen tanks along the escape route.

This brings an end to a two-week saga that dominated front page headlines in papers around the globe. The public relations opportunity was not lost on Elon Musk, who announced his intention to build a “kid-sized” submarine from rocket parts to aid in rescue efforts last weekend. Shortly thereafter, Musk dispatched employees from SpaceX and the Boring company to Thailand to appraise the situation on the ground.