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=== Rescue diver fatalities ===
[[File:Saman Kunan.jpg|thumb|left|Saman Kunan, a former Thai Navy SEAL, died during the rescue.]]
On 5 July, at 8:37 pm, {{vanchor|[[Saman Kunan]]}} ({{Langx|th|สมาน กุนัน}}; born 23 December 1980), a 37-year-old<ref>{{cite news |title=มาย ฮีโร่ "จ่าแซม" จ.อ.สมาน กุนัน สุดยอดนักกีฬาผจญภัย |trans-title="Hero Sam", the adventurous athlete. |url=http://www.tnews.co.th/contents/469263 |access-date=22 July 2018 |website=Tnews.co.th |date=7 July 2018 |language=th |archive-date=23 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723034306/http://www.tnews.co.th/contents/469263 |url-status=live }}</ref> former Thai Navy SEAL, made a dive from Chamber 3 to the T-junction close to Pattaya Beach to deliver three air tanks.<ref name="ThaiPBS6Jul">{{cite news |title=Retired SEAL member dies in Tham Luang rescue operation |url=http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/retired-seal-member-dies-tham-luang-rescue-operation/ |access-date=21 July 2018 |work=Thai PBS |date=6 July 2018 |archive-date=21 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721074904/http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/retired-seal-member-dies-tham-luang-rescue-operation/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cochrane |first1=Liam |last2=Vimonsuknopparat |first2=Supattra |title=Thai cave rescue: Former Navy SEAL working to rescue boys dies from lack of oxygen |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-06/rescue-worker-helping-thai-boys-in-cave-dies/9949622 |access-date=21 July 2018 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=7 July 2018 |archive-date=20 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720204450/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-06/rescue-worker-helping-thai-boys-in-cave-dies/9949622 |url-status=live }}</ref> During his return dive, he lost consciousness underwater. His [[dive buddy]] attempted [[CPR]] without success. Kunan was brought to Chamber 3 where CPR was attempted again, but he could not be resuscitated and was pronounced dead at about 1 am on 6 July.<ref name="ThaiPBS6Jul" /><ref name="ChNewsAsia6Jul">{{cite news |title='We won't let his life be in vain': Tributes pour in for Thai diver who died trying to save boys in cave |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/thai-cave-boys-rescue-seal-diver-die-tributes-saman-10505902 |access-date=21 July 2018 |work=[[Channel NewsAsia]] |agency=Reuters/CNA |date=6 July 2018 |archive-date=21 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721103033/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/thai-cave-boys-rescue-seal-diver-die-tributes-saman-10505902 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Formerly a member of Thai Navy SEALs class 30, Kunan had left the SEALs in 2006 at the rank of [[Military ranks of the Thai armed forces#Royal Thai Navy|petty officer 1st class]]; he was working in security at Bangkok's [[Suvarnabhumi Airport]] when he volunteered to assist with the cave rescue.<ref name="ThaiPBS6Jul" /><ref name="ChNewsAsia6Jul" /> He was posthumously promoted to lieutenant commander by the [[Royal Thai Navy#Command and control|Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[Royal Thai Navy]], an unprecedented rise of seven ranks.<ref name="ThaiPBSJul22">{{cite news |title=Navy chief praises Thai Navy SEALs in special citation |url=http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/navy-chief-praises-thai-navy-seals-special-citation/ |access-date=25 July 2018 |work=Thai PBS |date=22 July 2018 |archive-date=25 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725153755/http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/navy-chief-praises-thai-navy-seals-special-citation/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="BangPostSaman" /> A funeral, sponsored and attended by the [[Thai royal family]], was held on 14 July. On the same day, Kunan was awarded the Knight Grand Cross (first class) of [[the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant]] by King [[Maha Vajiralongkorn]].<ref name="BangPostSaman">{{cite news |title=Ex-Seal Saman posthumously promoted |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1503426/posthumous-promotion-for-ex-seal |access-date=21 July 2018 |work=Bangkok Post |date=14 July 2018 |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710162758/https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1503426/posthumous-promotion-for-ex-seal |url-status=live }}</ref>
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