Captain of Thai Soccer Team Who Survived Cave Rescue Dies in England

NYT WORLD: Captain of Thai Soccer Team Who Survived Cave Rescue Dies in England
By Isabella Kwai and Muktita Suhartono
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: February 15, 2023 at 02:00AM

Duangpetch Promthep, 17, was a member of the soccer team that made an extraordinary escape from a submerged cave in Thailand in 2018. The cause of his death was unclear.

Five years ago, Duangphet Promthep survived a harrowing test of human endurance under rock and in darkness — the 13-year-old captain of a Thai soccer team that had been trapped before being rescued from a flooded cave in an effort that became a global drama.
He moved to England last year after securing a scholarship to a soccer academy that promoted its high-level program and international student population. “I promise I will focus and do my best,” he wrote on social media at the time, later posting photographs of his classes and the school grounds.
Dom, as he was known to his friends, eluded one tragedy, but not a second. He died on Tuesday, according to his family and the Zico Foundation, a Thai nonprofit group that helped him win the scholarship. He was 17.
No cause of death was given, but Kiatisuk Senamuang, the Zico Foundation’s founder, told reporters on Wednesday that a teacher found the student unconscious in his dorm room on Sunday afternoon. He died in a hospital after becoming unresponsive.

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