The 12 boys recently rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand have been declared completely fit and discharged to their families.
They had been in hospital since they were rescued from the cave.
Before they left for their homes they addressed a press conference where they spoke of their ordeal for the first time.
Speaking at the conference monitored on CNN, Adul Sam-on, 14, the only member of the group who speaks English, said he could only say “hello” when the British divers surfaced.
The boys who are members of a junior football team, the Wild Boars, and their coach were trapped in the Tham Luang caves for more than two weeks.
Dressed in their club’s kit the boys appeared at the news conference in Chiang Rai to be greeted by a banner that read “Bringing the Wild Boars Home” on a stage designed to look like a football pitch.
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The boys sat alongside members of the Thai Navy Seals who helped rescue them.
One of the boys told the gathering that he still wanted to live out his dream of being a professional football player.
Reports say the boys are due to be ordained as Buddhist monks for a short period of time, a tradition for males in Thailand who have experienced a misfortune.
At the end of the press conference, Chiang Rai’s provincial governor, Prachon Pratsukan, said this would be the boys’ “only official media interview,” saying that there would “be no more speaking with the press after this.”
“We want the kids to live their normal lives without having any disturbance,” a psychiatrist at the conference said.
