Rescued Thai soccer players celebrate from hospital beds in newly released video

Wednesday, July 11, 2018
With surgical masks over their faces, a group of five of the rescued boys in the same hospital room expressed their joy for the camera.
Newly released video shows what it's like inside the hospital for members of the Thailand soccer team after they were trapped in a cave for weeks.

In the video, released by the hospital, five of the boys and hospital staff, all wearing surgical masks, can be seen interacting with each other and celebrating for the camera.
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The boys are all being monitored for infections and other health concerns after rescue operations concluded on Tuesday with the successful extraction of all 12 boys and their coach.

"Everyone is strong in mind and heart," Chaiwetch Thanapaisal, director of Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital, said during a news conference on Wednesday.

PHOTOS: Thailand cave rescue
Rescuer working near a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand Sunday, July 8, 2018.AP
Two ambulances are seen leaving the cave in northern Thailand hours after operations began to rescue trapped youth soccer players.AP
This undated photo released via the Thai NavySEAL Facebook Page on Sunday, July 8, 2018, says "€œWe,€™ Thai and international teams join forces to bring the young Wild Boars home."AP
Rescuers arrive near the cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand Sunday, July 8, 2018.AP
Australian Federal Police and Defense Force personnel arrive near a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23,.AP
Thai police stand guard near a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand.AP
Thai policemen stand guard near a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province.AP
Rescuer walk out from cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand Sunday, July 8, 2018.AP
Australian Federal Police and Defense Force personnel arrive near a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province.AP
Family members pray near a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand Saturday, July 7, 2018.AP
Thai rescue teams use a water pumping system at the entrance to a flooded cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing.AP
Thai rescue teams walk inside cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand.AP
Family members pray in front of a Buddhist statue near a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province.AP
Thai rescue teams arrange a water pumping system at the entrance to a flooded cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing in northern Thailand.AP
Family members pray in front giant Buddhist statue near a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in northern Thailand Saturday, July 7, 2018.AP
Thai rescue teams walk inside cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand.AP
Thai soldiers line up to the cave area as they continue the search for a young soccer team and their coach believed to be missing in a large cave, Wednesday, June 27, 2018.AP
International rescuers team prepare to walk in a cave where a young soccer team and their coach are believed to be missing, Thursday, July 5, 2018.AP
Thai rescues team walk inside cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, Monday, July 2, 2018.AP
Thai rescues team walk inside cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, Monday, July 2, 2018.AP
International rescuers team prepare walk in of a cave where a young soccer team and their coach are believed to be missing, Thursday, July 5, 2018.AP
Thai rescues team walk inside cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand, Monday, July 2, 2018.AP
A U.S. military rescue team is briefed by the Thai Navy SEALs at the staging area outside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand .AP
Members of the emergency rescue team talk in the staging area as they continue the search for a young soccer team and their coach believed to be missing in a large cave.AP
In this handout photo released by the Thai Navy, Thai rescue teams walk inside the cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing in northern Thailand.AP

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