Now here’s a feel-good story that’ll surely put a little “HELL YEAH” into your day.
The Make-A-Wish foundation might well be one of the best-known and most-beloved charity organisations on the planet; helping sick kids live their dreams in Australia for just on 31 years now.
But even still, there’s barely been a wish fulfilled that’s been this straight-up badass.
Declan, a plucky 12-year-old lad from near Sydney who is currently in remission after doing a bang-up job at kicking leukaemia‘s butt, wanted to do something a little different, a little risky, a little more out of his comfort zone for his wish.
He wanted to blow some shit up.
Never one to shy away from such a flat-out awesome request, Make-A-Wish enlisted the help of both the ACT Police and the Australian Federal Police, who put together one hell of a day for the fiery little champion.
Scooping him up in a close personal protection motorcade, officers then ferried him through Canberra where he met up with the AFP’s Specialist Response Group breach team. AKA the Boom Boys.
Sergeant Peter Murphy helped put Declan through his paces, letting him bring the hammer down on the detonator and blasting some container doors to Kingdom Come.
“He’s got an aptitude. I’m not sure what he actually expected, but once he started functioning a couple… he was getting into it.”“He was pretty excited about it but I think the family got a bit of a kick out of it too.”
But the AFP weren’t done there. After a morning spent walking away from explosions looking like the coolest dude alive, Declan was then ferried on to Parliament House, where Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Governor General Peter Cosgrove paid surprise visits.
The footage of the day, captured by the ACT Police, is really quite something.
Now THAT’S a wish, right there.
Here’s to you, Declan. You absolute bloody champion.
Source: ABC News.
