The thriller of Thai cave rescue survivor Duangphet Promthep’s loss of life deepened final evening after it emerged he was discovered unconscious on the ground of his dormitory within the UK.
The 17-year-old nicknamed ‘Dom’, former captain of the Wild Boars soccer crew, rescued in 2018 from the flooded Tham Luang cave system in northern Thailand by British divers, was reported to have suffered a ‘head damage’.
On the time of his loss of life, Dom was learning at Brooke Home Faculty in Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
Kiatisuk Senamuang, former Thai nationwide soccer crew coach and chairman of the Zico Basis which sponsored the gifted younger footballer, described himself as ‘shocked and shocked’ on the information of the younger man’s sudden loss of life.
He mentioned Promthep was discovered laid down unconscious on the bottom in his room within the academy’s dormitory and was instantly taken to hospital.
Duangpetch Promthep (pictured centre) was among the many 12 younger soccer gamers on the Wild Boars crew who turned trapped by rising floodwaters for 2 weeks
Final 12 months Promthep celebrated his first Christmas within the UK after transferring to enroll at a Leicester soccer academy
Mr Senamuang, identified, as Coach Zico, mentioned that Dom had been hospitalized for a couple of days and handed away on Tuesday.
To date, the reason for loss of life is unclear and there was no witness to what occurred and hospital checks are nonetheless awaited.
‘My ideas are together with his household and pals,’ mentioned Zico. ‘I believe again to his dream of changing into an expert footballer, representing his nation and his voice retains talking in my head’ he mentioned, choking again tears.
Requested if Dom had any well being points earlier, the coach mentioned he was very wholesome and a full well being verify had been carried out to acquire his scholar visa.
The information got here as his mom made a heartfelt plea for his ‘physique and soul’ to be introduced again to Thailand after his mysterious loss of life at a soccer academy within the UK.
In the meantime, social media accounts of Dom’s family and friends had been stuffed with tributes to the boy whose picture captured the nation’s hearts as he and his crew survived their ordeal.
Twelve members of the crew, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old assistant coach had been trapped within the flooded cave for 18 days by sudden rainfall.
The huge profitable worldwide effort to deliver them out alive, spearheaded by skilled British cave divers, was portrayed not too long ago within the gripping Hollywood film starring Colin Farrell and Viggo Mortensen.
Dom had been accepted on a soccer scholarship to an academy in Leicestershire and had handed a full well being verify as a part of the visa course of, it was revealed.
Promthep, circled, is pictured with members of his Wild Boar soccer crew following the rescue
Promthep was filmed smiling on the digicam of the rescue crew after he and his crew waited for 18 days within the darkness of the cave
Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton and Viggo Mortensen in a scene from ’13 Lives’
On the time of his loss of life, Dom was learning at Brooke Home Faculty in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, on a scholarship
Promthep (pictured together with his father) promised he would ‘examine laborious’ within the UK
Brooke Home Faculty has mentioned it’s ‘devastated’ by the lack of Promthep
Promthep shared a number of snaps taken while enrolled on the soccer academy
{The teenager} additionally shared footage of him working laborious in classes in between his soccer coaching
Promthep additionally shared together with his followers his love for conventional English fry ups
Promthep (centre) pictured on a visit to London Bridge final 12 months after transferring to the UK
In the meantime Dom’s mom Thanaporn Promthep, made a transferring enchantment for assist bringing again her beloved son’s physique and for assist organizing a Buddhist ritual within the UK to make sure his soul was additionally introduced again to Thailand.
‘Our household isn’t wealthy and not too long ago he was our predominant breadwinner. Please assist us deliver his physique again,’ mentioned his mom.
Mr Senamuang insisted he would do his finest to assist and provided ethical help to Dom’s mom and her household, saying ‘Please be sturdy mom’. He added that Dom was a superb boy everybody loves him.
‘Our household is aware of that everybody within the basis loves Dom and he was cherished by Coach Zico like his personal son’ mentioned Mrs Promthep.
On his Fb web page, coach Zico wrote: ‘Relaxation in peace, you had been my beautiful scholar, well mannered and gentleman, beneficiant, had a dream to change into an expert footballer enjoying for nationwide crew, had a superb approach and able to study, had been a quick learner. I’d like to see your dream future however…���� RIP Dom.’
The previous monk who was the boy’s coach, additionally trapped within the cave, Eakapol Chantawong, aka Coach Eak, mentioned on his Fb web page: ‘Dom, you can be in our reminiscence without end.
‘You may be a mannequin to the junior in our crew as a fighter who by no means quit in a path of soccer. Could your soul relaxation in peace Dom Duangpetch Phromthep, one of many former 13 members of Wild Boars crew.’
Promthep was invited to the British embassy in Bangok by Deputy Ambassador Mr Dave Thomas after receiving his soccer scholarship
The football-mad teenager described it as a ‘dream’ to maneuver to the UK and examine
He wrote: ‘Right now my dream got here true. I will be a soccer scholar in England’
Promthep and his crew’s rescue from the cave system remains to be a subject of nationwide curiosity
Former team-mate Phiphat Phothi, aka Nick, one other of the Wild Boars, mentioned merely: ‘RIP Dom, your future was shiny. You may be in my reminiscence without end’.
East Midlands Ambulance Service mentioned in a press release: ‘We acquired a name at 12.48pm on Sunday 12 February to a non-public handle in Market Harborough.
‘The caller reported a medical emergency. We despatched three paramedics in ambulance vehicles, a crewed ambulance and the air ambulance was additionally in attendance.
‘We transported one affected person by way of land ambulance to Kettering Common Hospital.’
Promthep and his crew’s rescue from the cave system remains to be a subject of nationwide curiosity.
A pool often known as the Emerald Pool, the place water from the cave rescue was pumped, and a statue of a former Thai Navy Seal who tragically died in the course of the three-week rescue operation has been promoted as vacationer points of interest by the Chiang Rai provincial public relations workplace.
Saman Kunan, the 37-year-old former Thai Navy Seal, died of asphyxiation in the course of the rescue operation whereas delivering oxygen to the trapped soccer crew.