MAE SAI, Thailand: Hundreds of people gathered on Monday to mark the fifth anniversary of the dramatic rescue against impossible odds of 12 young footballers from a flooded cave in northern Thailand.

Now in their late teens, the boys and their coach, Ekkapol Chantawong, descended into the spotlit chambers of the Tham Luang cave complex to pay tribute to the thousands of people who worked for 18 days and nights to get them out.

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