Wid Boars Soccer Team and Their Coach Ordain as Monks

Eleven of the players and their coach were ordained as Buddhist monks on Wednesday during a ceremony attended by the widow of Saman Gunan, the diver who died. They did this to honor the Navy Seal who died while helping in their rescue and to express their gratitude to the many people who helped in their rescue.

One member of the team, Adul Sam-on, 14, is a Christian and was not ordained, but he attended the ceremony.

The boys are spending nine days performing charity work and praying at a monastery. CLICK for NY TImes article. CLICK for earlier bog article.