In the mountains of northern Thailand, Ekapol Chanthawong developed a skill that may help him as he sits trapped underground in a cave. Meditation. The 25-year-old and 12 members of a boys’ soccer team disappeared after the team played on June 23. They have been inside the cave ever since. Before Ekapol Chanthawong was asked to supervise the team, he spent 10 years as a Buddhist monk. He still goes to a religious center in the mountains where once he lived from time to time. Tham Chanthawong, a family member, told the Associated Press that he could meditate up to an hour. It has definitely helped him and probably has helped the boys stay calm. About 300 hours have passed since rising floodwaters trapped Ekapol and the boys in the Tham Luang cave.