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By Kocha Olarn, Sophie Tanno, Chris Lau, CNN
Members of a rescue team work to save seven people trapped in a cave.
Five of the seven villagers who became trapped in a cave that flooded in Laos were found alive by rescuers Wednesday, in an incident echoing the dramatic 2018 rescue of teenage soccer players in Thailand.
They were located by specialist cave divers and for now remain stuck in an underground cavern in the central Laotian province of Xaisomboun, as rescuers continue to search for the two remaining people.
