NATIONWIDE-- SpaceX founder Elon Musk wants to help in the rescue of the Thai boys trapped in a flooded cave.

Musk is sending special engineers in hopes they can join the already huge operation.

On Thursday, Musk tweeted he was sending specialists from SpaceX and The Boring Company to Thailand:

Musk also has been giving advice in the rescue to the experts there via Twitter.

The Boring Company is another company he found that digs tunnels for transport systems and has advanced radar technology.

The trapped soccer team, comprised of boys ages 11 to 16 and their 25-year-old coach, went into the cave June 23 after a game and didn't come out. They hadn't been seen for almost 10 days while the search and rescue effort gripped the nation and hope for finding them alive dimmed.

To the world's surprise, the boys and coach were found hungry but alive and well. But rescue efforts have been tricky, with flooded caverns and fears they could be trapped for weeks as the area enters its monsoon season.

Efforts to get them out turned deadly Friday, when a former Thai navy SEAL who was working with rescuers as a volunteer died after passing out while underwater.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.