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Helping to rescue 13 people from a Thai cave in 2018 remains the highlight of AFP diver Kel Boers's career

Leading Senior Constable Kel Boers was one of six divers from the Australian Federal Police Specialist Response Group sent to assist in rescuing 13 people from a flooded Thai cave in 2018. (ABC News: Simon Beardsell)

It has been four years since a multi-national team rescued a group of 12 young soccer players from a cave in Thailand, but Australian Federal Police rescue diver Kel Boers still cannot believe it was a success.

Leading Senior Constable Boers was one of the divers called up to travel to Thailand in July 2018 as part of the frantic mission to locate and rescue the boys and their soccer coach, who had become trapped in a cave due to rising floodwaters while on a hike in Tham Luang Nang Non.

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