Police divers brave dark, dirty world to bring justice to light
By Zhang Yi |
China Daily |
Updated: 2018-05-28 09:12
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Chen Chao, who became a police diver in 2007, said a newcomer could learn diving techniques in just a year, but that was only part of the job, and the nature of the work meant that even a successful mission could leave squad members without a sense of accomplishment.
In 2011, Chen was assigned to search for the bodies of two children - a 5-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy - who were killed and thrown in a river in downtown Beijing.
Chen, a sports graduate who learned how to swim at age 7, said it was the most haunting moment in his 11-year career and one he still remembers often.
