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Elon Musk Trolls Critical Thai Cave Rescuer

By Eric Mack | Sunday, 15 July 2018 02:08 PM EDT

Elon Musk responded to criticism from Vernon Unsworth, a British diver who had ripped the renowned tech developer for his rigged Thai cave rescue submarine, calling it "just a PR stunt" and saying Musk "can stick his submarine where it hurts," the U.K.'s Daily Mail reported.

Musk's Twitter rant came after Unsworth ripped Musk's submarine, which the Briton said "had no chance of working."

Unsworth also claimed Musk "was asked to leave very quickly," another claim Musk debunked via Twitter.

Never saw this British expat guy who lives in Thailand (sus) at any point when we were in the caves. Only people in sight were the Thai navy/army guys, who were great. Thai navy seals escorted us in — total opposite of wanting us to leave.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 15, 2018

Water level was actually very low & still (not flowing) — you could literally have swum to Cave 5 with no gear, which is obv how the kids got in. If not true, then I challenge this dude to show final rescue video. Huge credit to pump & generator team. Unsung heroes here.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 15, 2018

Most alarming of Musk's rebuke of Unsworth was calling him a "pedo guy."

You know what, don’t bother showing the video. We will make one of the mini-sub/pod going all the way to Cave 5 no problemo. Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 15, 2018

I was *asked* to help repeatedly. Declined several times, as I thought they had it in hand & only agreed to help when Thai SEAL died (deep cave pumps not operating at time). We designed the mini-sub to Stanton’s specifications *and* brought a flexible rescue pod just in case.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 15, 2018

We were external expert-sourcing the design with experienced cave experts on the Internet. We showed progress videos to iterate with the local dive team.
And … we certainly didn’t lie. Proof will be in the pudding shortly, when we take mini-sub all the way in & out of Cave 5.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 15, 2018

Unsworth was among those assisting the Thai cave rescue of the youth soccer team and its coach because of his knowledge of the caves there, according to CNN.

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