Duangpetch Promthep, 17, who was captain of the football team that was stranded in floodwaters in the northern Thailand cave, died Tuesday, Feb. 14 at a hospital in England, Brooke House College confirmed. | philstarlife
One of 12 boys dramatically rescued from a Thai cave in 2018 has died in Britain while studying on a football scholarship, authorities said on Wednesday, Feb. 15.
"We unite in grief with all of Dom's family, friends, former teammates, and those involved in all parts of his life, as well as everyone affected in any way by this loss in Thailand," he added. Thailand's football legend Kiatisuk"Zico" Senamuang, whose charity helped Duangpetch secure a three-year scholarship in Britain, said a teacher had found him unconscious in his room at the school.
Duangpetch's mother, Thanaporn Duangthep, and his father briefly joined the press conference, after a Thai reporter in the northern city of Chiang Rai was able to telephone them.
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