Treacherous journey to save people trapped in cave

By The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age

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South-East Asia correspondent Zach Hope tackles the steep terrain on the remote trail to find the people trapped in a flooded Laos cave. For more than a week, seven fossickers from three small villages in Xaisomboun province have been trapped in a cave, surviving on what relatives presume were the two days’ worth of snacks and water the men had taken in with them.

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