An elite team of divers and Thai Navy SEALs began the rescue operation to extract the Thai youth soccer team and their coach trapped in a cave for 15 days at 10 a.m. local time on Sunday. The boys were were stuck in the cave when monsoon rains struck unseasonally early, and more rain is predicted to arrive in coming days, giving rescuers a narrow "now or never" window to act. The rescue plan is a "buddy dive" system in which each boy will be accompanied out by two expert divers who can carry the oxygen supply.