Rebecca Wright

Miracle in the Mountains: How the Laos cave rescue unfolded Watch our short documentary via @YouTube: youtu.be/MTpCN9Sw5jA?si… @willripleyCNN @isaacyeephoto @KochaOlarn @JohnMeesCNN

Will Ripley @willripleyCNN speaks with a Finnish diver who carried out a high-risk #cave rescue in #Laos. cnn.com/2026/06/16/wor…

A group of villagers panning for gold are trapped in a #cave during a flood in the remote jungles of #Laos. Will Ripley @willripleyCNN documents the daring #rescue mission led by a team flown in from all over the world. cnn.com/videos/title-2…

Laos cave survivor Mee “Ee” Singfamalai tells CNN how he survived 11 days inside a cave, what daily life was like inside, and the moment he and the others crawled their way to freedom. cnn.com/2026/05/31/asi… @KochaOlarn @bexwright1 @isaacyeephoto @JohnMeesCNN

How the Laos cave survivors found the courage to rescue themselves. @WillRipleyCNN, @KochaOlarn, @bexwright1, @isaacyeephoto, and Laura Sharman report. cnn.com/2026/05/31/asi…

Rescuers in Laos say they are investigating a possible “knocking response” deep inside a flooded cave network where two men are believed to remain trapped. cnn.it/4uHZMjh

After a long and complex operation inside a flooded #cave in a remote area of central #Laos, the men at the center of the mission did something few expected: they walked out. @WillRipleyCNN, @KochaOlarn, @bexwright1, @isaacyeephoto, and Kara Fox report. cnn.com/2026/05/30/asi…

“I was really worried.. I didn’t think they would make it out alive” French diver Robin Cuesta tells @willripleyCNN after 4 men trapped in a flooded cave in central Laos miraculously crawled out by themselves. A 5th was rescued on Friday. Teams are still searching for 2 others.

Videos show the dramatic moments as four Laos villagers emerge from the flooded cave after being trapped for more than a week. They walked and crawled out on their own as rescuers were preparing to enter the cave, according to Bounkham Luanglath of the Lao People's Volunteer Association. Follow live updates. cnn.it/4nWSrtv

Thai diver Norrased “Benz” Palasing recounts the moment when he discovered the five villagers trapped in the Laos cave. He shares with CNN’s Will Ripley what it took to get the first villager out. cnn.it/49XJV7O

CNN's Will Ripley reports from Laos where operations to rescue four more survivors trapped in a flooded cave are set to resume.

We were the only international journalists on the scene in central Laos as four of the seven villagers trapped inside a flooded cave shocked rescuers and the world when they walked out on their own @bexwright1 @isaacyeephoto @KochaOlarn @JohnMeesCNN cnn.com/2026/05/31/asi…

Erin speaks with a rescue diver about to go into the flooded cave in Laos where four villagers remain trapped and two are missing: “The tunnels here are incredibly tight.”

Four more villagers are rescued from a flooded cave in Laos. Two people remain unaccounted for. Follow live updates. cnn.it/4uLbKIU

Thai diver Norrased “Benz” Palasing recounts the moment when he discovered the five villagers trapped in the Laos cave. He shares with CNN’s Will Ripley what it took to get the first villager out. cnn.it/49Pdskf

Videos show the dramatic moments as four Laos villagers emerge from the flooded cave after being trapped for more than a week. They walked and crawled out on their own as rescuers were preparing to enter the cave, according to Bounkham Luanglath of the Lao People's Volunteer Association. Follow live updates. cnn.it/3PAquet

CNN’s Will Ripley describes the scene in Laos as rescued villagers are put on stretchers and transported by ambulance. Follow live updates. cnn.it/4vh4uEv

Will Ripley’s exclusive report on the ground in Laos as rescue divers try to save villagers trapped inside a flooded cave for 10 days now.

A rescue diver here in Laos just told me it’s a “miracle” the first villager made it out alive. Some of the others are in much worse physical condition. The route out is extremely dangerous, through flooded, narrow cave passages where a lot can go wrong. cnn.com/2026/05/29/wor…

One survivor has been safely recovered from a flooded Laos cave, a rescue diver says. At least four others remain inside. cnn.it/4u619XX