What do you do when you’ve all but beaten cancer? Blow shit up, duh.
Twelve year old Declan McLean-Pauley was diagnosed with leukemia in 2015, but is now in remission and ready to light it up. Make-A-Wish Australia linked him and his family up with the The Australian Federal Police’s (AFP) Specialist Response Group, who ran Declan through a series of drills, including a staged hostage scenario, armored car training, breaching exercises, and water policing, according to Canberra news.
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Sergeant Peter Murphy said he’s “got an aptitude” for really blasting demo walls and doors all to hell. That’s quite a compliment from a tactical explosives professional.
“My name is Declan, I’m 12, and my wish was to blow something up,” this kid who totally gets it told IBT. Aptitude, indeed.
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