Posted on 03/24/2009 3:29:06 PM PDT by lowbridge
A Thai fireman turned superhero when he dressed up as comic-book character Spider-Man to coax a frightened eight-year-old from a balcony, police said Tuesday.
Teachers at a special needs school in Bangkok alerted authorities on Monday when an autistic pupil, scared of attending his first day at school, sat out on the third-floor ledge and refused to come inside, a police sergeant told AFP.
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In a few years, this kind of “hero” worship of Obama will be laughable to all but the hardcore kool-ade drinkers.
I have serious doubts that Obama will even be able to avoid impeachment. He has surrounded himself with the lowest of the low. Just give them time.
A good and wise man!
That’s not really Spiderman. That’s Bill Ayres in disguise.
Anyway, great story.
Where are Obama’s “BOING” ears?
He kept a spiderman suit at the firehouse...that’s a little strange.
The story says he had it to liven things up for kids during fire drills at schools.
That’s just too cool.
It's nice to know firemen around the world are like that. A now-retired San Francisco police officer appeared in costumes in classrooms for little kids while teaching them about safety, and they loved it.
Ultraman is very popular in Asia. I’m not sure many would know of him in the US.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraman
Everything Ultraman
FWIW a real Otaku would not have to look it up tho...
Also - Thanks for posting of the story, a nice end to a long day.
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