Billionaire Elon Musk gives ‘Escape Pod’ for rescue of football team

Billionaire Elon Musk arrived at the Thailand cave which is flooded and where five members of the 12-member football team still remain trapped. He had brought along an ‘escape pod’ which he said is ready if needed.

Just returned from Cave 3. Mini-sub is ready if needed. It is made of rocket parts & named Wild Boar after kids’ soccer team. Leaving here in case it may be useful in the future. Thailand is so beautiful. pic.twitter.com/EHNh8ydaTT

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 9, 2018

The ‘Kid Sized’ submarine is made up of parts from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and named ‘Wild Boar’. The football team is named ‘Wild Boar’ and its members are children aged between 11 and 16. The team’s coach is a 25-year-old player.

Musk announced on microblogging site Twitter that mini-sub is ready if needed for future use.

By EP Web Desk