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In this photo released by Government Spokesman Office, Richard Harris, left, an Australian member of the Thai cave rescue team, shakes hands with Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha after receiving the Member of the Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn during the royal decoration ceremony at the Royal Thai Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, April 19, 2019. Two Australian doctors, Harris and Craig Challen, received royal honors for helping rescue the Wild Boars soccer team from a flooded cave (Government Spokesman Office via AP)

Aussie doctors bestowed Thai royal honors for cave rescue

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, stands with winners 2019 Australians of the Year; Dr. Richard Harris, left, and Craig Challen at the 2019 Australian of the Year Awards in Canberra, Australia, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. The two amateur divers Harris and Challen, who canceled their vacation plans for what they thought was a hopeless mission to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Thailand, have been named winners of one of Australia's most prestigious awards. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

2 divers win Australian award for Thai cave rescue

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press