A 5-year old boy from suburban San Francisco with lymphoblastic leukemia has spent all day today fighting the Riddler and Penguin as he takes on the role of Batman, through the help of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
The young boy, Miles (last name withheld by the family), asked for his one wish to be Batman for the day. The Make-A-Wish Foundation's Bay Area executive director, Patricia Wilson, knew it could happen. What Wilson didn't know, however, was how much the city of San Francisco would adopt the identity of Gotham for a day and live out Miles' wish.
At 9:30am this morning, local stations had breaking news of the police commissioner needing Batman's (now named 'Batkid') help to solve crime.
A damsel in distress will be tied to the Hyde Street cable car line, where Batkid can save her. Later, the Puzzler (the Riddler's non-trademark infringement equivalent) will rob a bank vault, which Batkid can stop.
While eating lunch at Burger Bar, the police commissioner will call Batkid and tell him to look out a window--where thousands of volunteers down below in San Francisco's Union Square will scream up to help them. Why? Another villain will be in the process of kidnapping a local sports mascot.
After all of this, Batkid will be invited to City Hall, where he'll be given the keys to the city by the mayor, and thanked by government officials and the public alike for all of his help over the day.
At the end of it all, the San Francisco Chronicle will devote its front page tomorrow morning (seen here) to the exploits of Batkid, with various articles written by a who's-who of comic book newspaper writers. The line-up? Lois Lane, Brenda Starr, Perry White, with the lead story written by Clark Kent.
Leave it to Perry White to blow Batkid's identity.
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