Thursday, March 26, 2009

superheroes DO exist.

Came across this story on another blog, it's so cute I had to share it.

spider-man rescues autistic thai boy
This is an awesome story out of Thailand... This week in Bangkok, a fireman dressed up as the wall-crawling costumed superhero Spider-Man to coax a frightened autistic eight-year-old from a balcony: Thai fireman in 'spider-man' rescue of autistic boy.

Teachers at a special needs school reportedly alerted authorities when the student, scared of attending his first day at school, sat out on the third-floor ledge and refused to come inside.

Upon hearing about the boy's love of superheroes, fireman Sonchai Yoosabai jumped into action. He dashed back to his fire station, made a quick change into a Spider-Man costume and returned to the boy, urging him to come off the ledge with no problem.

Spidey saves the day. The question is, what is the guy doing with a Spider-Man getup in his locker? He apparently keeps the costume, along with an Ultraman outfit at the station in order to liven up school fire drills.

3 comments:

Hyun Kim said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T1yse6QqN0

gentsoschikin said...

dude this was my status for a whole day. way to not check it hahahha

jennifer j. lee said...

awwww... that's so AWESOME!! i wonder if a superhero would save me if i sat out on a 3rd story window ledge...