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Laos cave rescuers hear 'knocking' in race to find last two trapped villagers 93%
6/1/2026, 5:22:42 PM
BS Summary: This video contains 18 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 57.7% saturation with 161 hits. Analysis detected 1,032 faulty-reasoning hits from 279 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 88.4% and a BS Rank of 93% (1,549 of 21,887 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 92.90% of the video peer group.
Tonight the race against time to rescue two people still trapped in a flooded cave in Laos.
Rescuers have reported hearing knocking in that tunnel system.
Are they still alive? Here's Brett Clennett.
>> Tonight rescue divers are running out of time to reach the last two villagers believed to be trapped deep inside the flooded cave in Laos.
>> I can hear water below. I can hear things dripping, um which is a really good sign for us that there's something down there.
>> The divers earlier said they heard knocking in the cave, but some of them tell us it could be a false alarm.
Rescuers are determined to keep searching after guiding the first survivor to freedom through a claustrophobic maze of jagged rock and chest-high water on Friday.
>> [snorts]
>> The next day four men managed to wiggle their way out of the cave on their own, hungry and exhausted, but overcome with relief.
Teams are pumping water out of the cave while using radar and satellite imagery to map shafts that could lead them to the chamber where the men might be trapped.
>> There is still chance to find them. They are probably access to water and those guys are pretty strong and resilient, so we still have hope to find them alive.
>> David, it's now nearly 2 weeks since those men searching for gold in this cave were trapped by floods.
The rescuers tell us they are now gearing up for another day and they're not giving up.
>> Brett Clennett with us tonight. Brett, thank you.
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