All Thirteen: Chapters 21–24

by Christina Soontornvat
This award-winning nonfiction book details the rescue of twelve soccer players and their coach from a flooded cave in Thailand.

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Chapters 11–20, Chapters 21–24, Chapters 25–31
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  1. makeshift
    done or made using whatever is available
    Most don’t report to any one organization but have organized themselves into a makeshift crew that sees what needs to be done and does it without waiting to be asked.
  2. carabiner
    an oblong metal ring with a spring clip
    Ay sets up a line of tents outside the cave and organizes the donated items: flashlights, headlamps, every size of battery, ropes and carabiners, medicines, bandages, and mosquito spray.
  3. scrounge
    collect or look around for
    As for the volunteers themselves, many have had to scrounge up whatever food they can find.
  4. waft
    be driven or carried along, as by the air
    For the duration of the rescue, the smell of sizzling garlic and freshly brewed coffee wafts through camp at all hours.
  5. gauge
    an instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity
    Quick-thinking divers have saved their partners’ lives by dragging them out of rip currents, recognizing a broken oxygen gauge, or cutting them out of tangled guidelines.
  6. induce
    cause to act in a specified manner
    Panic can induce you to do things you would never do under normal circumstances, like pull off your face mask or yank your regulator out of your mouth.
  7. dismal
    causing dejection
    While waiting sounds dismal, it seems less dangerous than trying to dive the boys out.
  8. doggedly
    with obstinate determination
    Only days before this, his team had worked doggedly alongside the SEALs to clear out the awful tangle of cords, guidelines, and power cables that twisted through the cave.
  9. replenish
    fill something that had previously been emptied
    They will place extra tanks of air at dry areas in key locations so that divers can replenish their supplies if they run out.
  10. confound
    be confusing or perplexing to
    Saman was physically fit and had a lot of open-water diving experience, but the narrow passages would confound even the most experienced sump divers.
  11. in vain
    without a successful result or effect
    But though Saman’s comrades are gutted by his loss, they also remind themselves that they still have a mission to finish. No one wants Saman’s death to be in vain.
  12. hearten
    give encouragement to
    The Thais are also heartened by what they view as a vital piece of information.
  13. dwindle
    become smaller or lose substance
    Once the floodwaters rise, supply divers won’t be able to make the trip back, and the food the boys do have will quickly dwindle.
  14. sustain
    supply with necessities and support
    Even without a catastrophic flood, the oxygen levels in Chamber 9 are too low to sustain the seventeen people now crowded there.
  15. humility
    a lack of arrogance or false pride
    Colonel Singhanat approaches Admiral Apakorn with great humility and politeness and requests just a few moments to speak with him.
Created on Wed May 05 11:32:08 EDT 2021 (updated Thu Jun 26 12:40:36 EDT 2025)

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