A Buddhist monk who was trapped while meditating inside a flooded cave for four days has been freed. Phra Ajarn Manas, 46, was on a pilgrimage from another province and had gone into the Phra Sai Ngam cave in Phitsanulok, Thailand, on Saturday to meditate. Seventeen divers helped rescue him after an unseasonal rainstorm struck on Sunday and continued through to Tuesday, flooding parts of the cave while he was inside

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