Friends, family remember Thai soccer boy rescued from cave -
At the Chiang Rai airport, his grandparents burst into tears when they were handed a small box containing the ashes. His former coach Ekapol Chanthawong, who was also trapped in the cave with him, held a large portrait of his former student.
“He had a passion for playing football and was very focused and determined,” said Nopparat Khanthavong, Duangphet’s head coach when he was a member and captain of the Wild Boars youth soccer team in Chiang Rai. “He was a natural leader,” Nopparat said. “He was focused in training and was an example to his friends and the younger boys. … He went on tryouts and received a scholarship to study in England, which was the last place he got to go.”Copyright © 2023 The Washington Times, LLC.
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