Career civil servant won worldwide praise for calm leadership during dramatic cave rescue
Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn is surrounded by reporters seeking updates on the mission to rescue the boys trapped in the Tham Luang cave on July 10, 2018. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
Narongsak Osotthanakorn, the former Chiang Rai governor who won worldwide praise for his leadership of the mission to rescue the “Wild Boars” football team from the Tham Luang cave in 2018, has died of cancer at the age of 58.
Narongsakak, who served most recently as governor of Pathum Thani, passed away peacefully at 5.40pm on Wednesday at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, where he was being treated.
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