The Ennisman who took part in the rescue of the trapped football team in a Thai cave has spoken for the first time of the mission to save them.
Belgian national Jim Warny, who has lived in Clare for fifteen years, was one of the divers who helped to successfully rescue 13 people, 12 of them young boys, who had been trapped underground in a flooded cave.
He’s been hailed as a hero for volunteering to take part in the mission, but has played down this suggestion.
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Instead, Jim says the heroes are the boys themselves, or their coach who played a major role in keeping them alive in treacherous circumstances:
You can hear Jim’s first extensive interview on Clare FM’s Morning Focus this morning from 9am
