Grieving spouse and children and former Wild Boars teammates reunited in grief on Thursday when they held a spiritual ceremony for the Thai cave survivor who died in an clear accident in the British isles.
Mom Thanaporn Phromthep joined close friends and relatives as they done spiritual rites for Duangphet ‘Dom’ Phromthep, 17, at the Wat Phra That Doi Wao temple in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, on February 16.
Former mentor Nopparat Kanthawong, 41, also joined the ceremony.
As Duangphet’s body has not however been repatriated from Britain, the young man’s parents took his pictures, clothing, and sneakers to the memorial service.
Dom’s favorite Nike trainers and a vibrant t-shirt were laid on the ground below his photograph and dozens of bunches of bouquets. In accordance with Buddhist beliefs, they prayed for Dom’s spirit to ‘come back home’.
Mom Thanaporn Phromthep joined friends and kin as they carried out spiritual rites for Duangphet ‘Dom’ Phromthep (observed in a photograph at the ceremony), 17, at the Wat Phra That Doi Wao temple in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, on February 16
Grieving pals and previous Wild Boars teammates attended the ceremony on Thursday
Dom’s mom Thanaporn Phromthep and other relations are witnessed at Thursday’s ceremony after his demise in the United kingdom this 7 days
Duangphet died on February 14 pursuing an evident incident in his dorm at the Brooke House Higher education soccer academy in Current market Harborough, Leicestershire.
The induce of his unexpected demise was not explained by officers in the British isles.
‘Everyone was devastated when they read the news of Duangphet’s passing,’ temple abbott Phra Kru Prayut Jetiyanukarn reported.
‘He was only 17 many years old. It really is been tricky on his parents and buddies. It had constantly been his desire given that he was tiny to vacation abroad and perform soccer.’
Duangphet was the previous captain of the Wild Boars football team in Thailand, some of which were being also at the ceremony on Thursday, Thai media claimed.
The group of 13 – 12 boys and their coach – was rescued from the Tham Luang Cave in June 2018, pursuing an intensive mission that gripped headlines all over the entire world.
Duangphet went on to receive a scholarship from the Activity Instruction Task and the Zico Basis by Thai soccer legend Kiatisuk ‘Zico’ Senamuang.
Former Thai countrywide crew captain explained in an on-line information conference that he did not know the induce of loss of life and that Dom experienced apparently been in superior overall health.
‘This celebration has remaining our college or university group deeply saddened and shaken,’ Brooke Dwelling Higher education principal Ian Smith explained in a assertion after Dom’s demise.
‘We unite in grief with all of Dom’s family, buddies, previous teammates and people involved in all pieces of his life, as nicely as every person afflicted in any way by this reduction in Thailand and all through the college’s world spouse and children.’
Dom’s mom explained she hoped a Buddhist monk in England could conduct rites for Dom so his spirit would not be trapped where by he died in accordance to Buddhist beliefs.
Talking on Thursday, Dom’s mother reported she hadn’t slept in times soon after becoming instructed of her son’s dying. But she claimed she thankful for the assistance becoming shown.
‘I am grateful for Dom’s close friends. They have usually liked and cared for each and every other dearly,’ she reported.’It’s been challenging for us to slumber. We woke up at 2 am and organized the foods and incense for the monks.’
Dom’s close friends from the Wild Boars have agreed alongside one another to enable repatriate his human body so right Buddhist rites can be conducted in Thailand.
Experiences in Thailand explained his spouse and children want his body introduced property so he can be presented a standard, ‘northern-style’ funeral.
Thanapron claimed as of Thursday, the relatives were nevertheless unaware of how their son died.
She stated: ‘We never know. It is a shock, we’re all nevertheless shocked. We have to accept what has took place and pray for him.’
Dom was the captain of the Wild Boars, the youth soccer crew in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai.
Twelve members of the group, ages 11 to 16, and their coach ended up discovering the Tham Luang cave advanced in June 2018 when they were trapped by fast climbing floodwaters.
A substantial research and rescue procedure involving global divers was introduced.
The boys spent nine nights shed in the cave, dwelling on quite tiny food stuff and h2o, prior to a diver spotted them deep in the twisting cave complex huddled on a patch of grime above the mounting water line.
Dom’s favourite Nike trainers and a colourful t-shirt ended up laid on the floor under his photograph and dozens of bunches of flowers at Thursday’s ceremony (pictured)
Pictured: Mates and ex-teammates of Dom’s queue to light-weight candles at Thursday’s ceremony
Pictured: Buddhist monks are seen alongside with Dom’s buddies at the ceremony on Thursday
Duangpetch ‘Dom’ Promthep (pictured) died in the Uk on Tuesday soon after he reportedly suffered a ‘head injury’ and was located unconscious in his dorm space about the weekend
Promthep was filmed smiling at the camera carried by the rescue team following he and his staff waited for 18 days in the darkness of the cave to be uncovered and rescued
The minute was captured on online video and quickly broadcast to the environment.
It was another eight days right before all have been safely rescued. A workforce of specialist divers guided just about every of the boys out of the cave on unique stretchers after anesthetizing them to keep them relaxed sufficient to transport.
The procedure needed positioning oxygen canisters along the route wherever the divers maneuvered via darkish, limited and twisting passageways loaded with muddy drinking water and sturdy currents.
The story of the Wild Boars, which was lined intensely by international media, has been retold in various videos, which includes Ron Howard’s 2022 feature movie ‘Thirteen Lives’ and the 2021 documentary ‘The Rescue.’
