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Thursday she missed him dearly and urged the boys not to blame themselves for his death.The rescued boys smiled and waved from their
hospital beds in the first video clip released on Wednesday after an ordeal that has gripped the world.Samarn Kunan, 38, a former member of
the elite navy SEALs unit, was the only casualty in a multinational operation to save the boys and their coach after monsoon rains trapped
them in the cave they were exploring in northern Thailand."I love you so much," his widow, Valeepoan Kunan, wrote in the caption to a
black-and-white photograph of her husband she posted on her Instagram account."I miss you," she added
"I love you like you are my very heartfrom now on when I wake upwho will I kiss"The world should remember Samarn, the head of the rescue
mission told a news conference at the end of the 17-day operation."Samarn Kunan is the real hero," Narongsak Osottanakorn said
"On the day that he passed, the entire team was sad, but we used this sorrow
We saw that he gave his life for this cause."A day earlier Valeepoan posted a picture of her hand clasping that of her husband.People from
around the world have offered condolences and commented on Valeepoan's social media accounts."Our hearts go out to you and your family at
this difficult time," read one comment
"Your husband is so brave
The world will not forget his kindness and all he did to save those boys."A Thai artist has promised to create a statue of Samarn to be
erected in Chiang Rai province, where the Tham Luang cave is situated.Samarn, an emergency rescue worker at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport
after he left the SEALs in 2006, joined the cave rescue operation on July 1.British divers found the 13 young men huddled on a muddy ledge
in a partly flooded chamber inside the cave
Samarn died on July 6 after losing consciousness during a mission to place oxygen tanks deep inside the cave, just two days before the first
group of four boys was brought out.During the rescue, some Thais said on social media that the soccer team had been reckless in entering the
cave during the rainy season
