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'Spider-Boy' Becomes A Real Life Hero
Sky News ^
Posted on 11/13/2007 5:01:42 AM PST by Soothesayer
A five-year-old boy dressed as Spider-Man became a real life hero when he saved a baby girl from a burning house in Brazil.Spider-Boy relives heroic adventure Pint-sized superhero Riquelme Maciel stepped into the house to pull the one-year-old to safety after he saw her mother crying.
The boy had been playing with a friend in his back yard when they spotted smoke coming from the window of a wooden house.
Using his Spidey senses he ran to tell the baby's mother Lucilene dos Santos, but she was too afraid to enter the blazing house.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boy; brazil; fire; hero
My hero :)
To: Soothesayer
A mother too afraid to save her own child?
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:03:06 AM PST
by
fortheDeclaration
(We must beat the Democrats or the country will be ruined! - Lincoln)
To: fortheDeclaration
The baby was probably her little accident.
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:06:41 AM PST
by
Soothesayer
(I'm breaking out of this hand basket!)
To: fortheDeclaration
But then again, this was Spider Boy, coolest tiny action her EVER! =)
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:08:20 AM PST
by
Soothesayer
(I'm breaking out of this hand basket!)
To: fortheDeclaration
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:08:23 AM PST
by
ItsOurTimeNow
('Post Tenebras Lux '- It's not a breakfast cereal!)
To: fortheDeclaration
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:08:47 AM PST
by
Soothesayer
(I'm breaking out of this hand basket!)
To: Soothesayer
Spider-Boy
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:11:37 AM PST
by
rawhide
To: rawhide
Spider-boy hugs the baby girl and her mother.
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:13:39 AM PST
by
rawhide
To: rawhide
The world could use a few more super heros these days.
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:13:41 AM PST
by
Paladin2
(We don't fix the problem, we fix the blame!)
To: rawhide
Without hesitating, the tiny masked crusader decided he would brave the flames to save baby Andrieli from her cradle. Mrs Santos told reporters: "He said, 'don't cry, don't scream because I'm going to save Andrielle'.
"Then I began shouting for him not to go because I was scared he would die in the fire." But Riquelme did not think twice. After the rescue the Spider-Boy simply said: "I decided to go inside the house and save her."
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:14:49 AM PST
by
rawhide
To: rawhide
After his heroic act, Riquelme became the talk of the town, making it on to the front pages of local newspapers. He says He now wants to become a firefighter and save more lives - although whether he will be allowed to wear his Spider-Man costume while he does it remains to be seen.
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:15:59 AM PST
by
rawhide
To: fortheDeclaration
A mother too afraid to save her own child?Really sad commentary on our society isn't it? At least on the part of this "mother".
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:17:44 AM PST
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: rawhide
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:20:35 AM PST
by
rawhide
To: P8riot
OK, I see that this was in Brazil. Nevertheless it indicates a "me first" attitude that is just too prevalent in developed societies these days.
I am encouraged by "Spidey" though. He is a breath of fresh air.
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:21:33 AM PST
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: Soothesayer; martin_fierro
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:49:00 AM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("Ron Paul and his flaming antiwar spam monkeys can Kiss my Ass!!" -- Jim Robinson, 09/30/07)
To: P8riot
My wife would wade neck deep through 200 miles of Hell to fight a buzz saw, if it would even slightly benefit our children.
To: Right Angler
Those are rare on planet Earth :(
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posted on
11/13/2007 6:57:23 AM PST
by
Soothesayer
(I'm breaking out of this hand basket!)
To: Soothesayer
Now that’s just cool. God bless that little boy!
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posted on
11/13/2007 6:59:21 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
To: Soothesayer
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posted on
11/13/2007 7:03:33 AM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("Ron Paul and his flaming antiwar spam monkeys can Kiss my Ass!!" -- Jim Robinson, 09/30/07)
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