By Ben Westcott and Angus Watson, CNN on July 25, 2018
The young Thai soccer team whose dramatic evacuation from a cave captured the world's attention took their first steps in becoming novice Buddhist monks on Tuesday, in a ceremony intended to honor their rescuers.
Eleven of the 12 team members who were trapped in the cave system for more than three weeks attended an pre-ordination ceremony on Tuesday morning, before their initiation was completed at a second event in the afternoon.
The gesture was meant to honor Lt. Cmdr. Saman Kunan, a former Thai Navy SEAL who died during the cave rescue operation on July 6.
One of their teammates, Adul Sam-on, is a Christian and instead attended a local church to perform a separate ceremony.
The members of the Wild Boars were only released from hospital in the last week,after being rescued from a waterlogged cave by an international team of divers while the world watched.
•Photo courtesy of CNN shows Chanin Vibulrungruang lights a candle with members of the rescued soccer team during a Buddhist ceremony on July 24.
Source Daily Sports
Posted July 25, 2018
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