Finally, the day has come when the world sighed with relief and happiness hearing the news of the  12 boys and their football coach’s rescue from the caves of Thailand. They were trapped in the cave since June 23 . All these days the social media platforms were flooded with messages of hope, prayer, and support from across the globe. People around were highly depending on social media along with newspapers and TV channels for the latest updates on the rescue operations and finally when the children and the soccer coach were brought out messages of great relief and jubilations were flowing through the social media platforms.   This incident generates a hope all over regarding the speed and accuracy of the internet to reach out to the main story.

Last week google search for the words ‘Thai cave rescue’ crossed a record 359,000,000 with a peak on the rescue day when the divers found the team inside the cave. International journalists were stationed outside the cave to have a live coverage of the whole episode while live Facebook videos from the reporters and the volunteers stole the show. On Twitter and Instagram, well-wishers sent messages of support, advice, and sketches of the boys in the cave using hashtags such as #Thaicaverescue #boarteam #Thainavyseals #PrayForThaiBoys and #Bringtheboarteambackhome. A Thai navy SEAL Facebook post confirming all 13 had been rescued had more than 200,000 likes and around 56,000 shares in an hour’s time, sparking comments such as: “You are ALL HEROES! Thank you on behalf of a grateful world!” and “On behalf of all mothers I thank you”.On Twitter, there were 160,000 tweets containing “All 12”.

Now the boys and the coach are rescued and taken to hospital for medical care lot of invitation are pouring in for them from footballers, soccer clubs and even FIFA to be a part of them. Manchester United invited the team and their rescuers to Old Trafford while Portugal’s Benfica club invited them to spend a week at their training camp near Lisbon. Manchester City and England defender Kyle Walker asked on Twitter for an address to send the boys shirts. FIFA also invited them to Moscow to attend the world cup finals but due to medical reasons, they may not be in a position to go. This incident of love and support for the rescuers and the trapped children through the platforms of social media has once again proved that audience across the world relies more on social media for conveying messages and getting the latest update. This is considered as a laudable gesture from social media platforms.