Spiderman is Used in Real Life to Save Lives

Now it even seems that Spiderman can also take the credit for a real-life rescue. A Bangkok fireman dressed in a Spiderman costume rescued an eight-year-old autistic boy who had climbed out of a third-floor classroom window. Efforts by the teachers to coax the child back inside had failed and a chance remark by the boy’s mother regarding his passion for Spidey prompted one fire fighter – a fellow Spiderman fan – to rush back to the fire station where he just happened to keep his Spiderman costume in his locker! It was reported that when the child saw the fireman in his costume, the boy smiled and promptly threw himself in his superhero’s arms. Apparently, the fireman keeps his Spiderman costume in his locker to liven up fire drills in schools. Well, that’s his excuse anyway!

Spiderman also hit the Israeli news headlines this year, when it was reported that Highway police were called to apprehend a man in a Spiderman costume, who was startling commuters by throwing ropes at their vehicles (presumably improvised “web-shooters”) and jumping on top of cars. The would-be superhero was arrested and, while under investigation, told police he had woken up in hospital wearing the Spiderman fancy dress outfit, with no recollection of how he came to be dressed in it or why he was there. Unsurprisingly, doctors were summoned to assess the man’s mental health.