
The rescued team attends a news conference in Chiang Rai, Thailand, after being discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, July 18.

Members of the soccer team greet well-wishers as they arrive for the news conference on July 18.

The team poses with a sketched portrait of Saman Kunan, a former Thai Navy SEAL who died on July 6 while returning from an operation to deliver oxygen tanks to the cave. He ran out of air while underwater, an official said.

Thai Navy SEALs pose for a photo after the rescue effort was finished on July 10. One of them was a doctor who stayed with the team for a week after the group was found alive on July 2.

Rescuers carry one of the boys out of the cave.

Divers wave through floodwaters in the cave. Each rescue took multiple hours.

Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn speaks during a news conference held after the rescue was finished on July 10.

A helicopter transports rescued boys to the hospital on July 10.

People watch and cheer as a helicopter flies toward an airstrip to transport one of the rescued boys to a hospital. Four boys were rescued on July 8, another four were rescued on July 9, and the rest were rescued on July 10.

Rescue workers leave after all members of the team had been saved.

This photo tweeted by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk shows rescue efforts during the three-day mission. Musk tweeted early July 10 that he had visited the cave and left a mini-submarine there for future use.

Members of the Royal Thai Navy are pictured with the team inside the cave.

The boys received medical attention after being found alive on July 2.

An ambulance believed to be carrying one of the rescued boys heads to the hospital on July 10.

Rescuers walk toward the entrance of the cave as rescue operations resumed on July 10.

Hospital staff and a police officer are seen during a news conference that was held on July 10. The eight boys that had been rescued on July 8 and 9 were being treated in an isolation ward in a Chiang Rai hospital.

Thai police and military officers use umbrellas to shield a rescued boy before he was transported to a hospital on July 9.

An ambulance exits the cave area on July 9.

Emergency responders surround a helicopter on July 8.

Rescue teams arrange a water-pumping system at the cave's entrance on July 7.

Ambulances wait outside a hospital where the rescued boys were treated.

Thai military personnel walk into a cave during rescue operations.

Military personnel work inside a cave.

An ambulance leaves the scene of the rescue effort on July 8.

This undated photo, released via the Thailand Navy SEAL Facebook page, shows rescuers with their hands locked. The caption said, "We Thai and the international teams join forces to bring the young Wild Boars home." The Wild Boars is the name of the soccer team the boys play on.

Family members pray in front of a Buddhist statue near the cave on July 8.

Emergency workers carry oxygen tanks as rescue operations begin.

Thai soldiers work to connect pipes that help water from entering a cave.

Thai forest rangers examine a map as they review their rescue options on July 8.

This image, taken from video on July 2, shows the team trapped inside the cave. That was the day divers found them alive.

Divers were able to bring food, blankets and other supplies to the boys while experts determined the best way to get them out safely. The team was found around two kilometers (1.24 miles) into the cave and somewhere between 800 meters to one kilometer below the surface, according