World Thia Fireman in Spider-Man rescue of Autistic Boy

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<H1>BANGKOK (AFP) – 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.

Despite teachers' efforts to beckon the boy inside, he refused to budge until his mother mentioned her son's love of superheroes, prompting fireman Sonchai Yoosabai to take a novel approach to the problem.
The rescuer dashed back to his fire station and made a quick change into a Spider-Man costume before returning to the boy, he said.
"I told him Spider-Man is here to rescue you, no monsters are going to attack you and I told him to walk slowly towards me as running could be dangerous," Somchai told local television.
The young boy immediately stood up and walked into his rescuer's arms, police said.

Somchai said he keeps the Spider-Man costume and an outfit of Japanese television character Ultraman at the station in order to liven up school fire drills.

source yahoo.com

 

[Franklin Richards]

"Go Spidey!!!"

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Wow, that is just fantastic!

 

[Spider-Jay420]

Here's the link from AOL

Spider-Man Saves Autistic Boy

Nice, quick thinking on the officer's part.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

^^ Nice!

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Stories like this are just brilliant, puts a smile on my face

 

[Mutagen]

An example of why we need comics in the world.

 

[Nivek]

Nice to read something like that among all the Doom and Gloom about the economy.

 

[Agent 194]

Yeah,....good story. And that guy's costume was interesting. Wonder if it's an official lisenced product. I am continually amazed at the popularity and fascination with the character in other countries. It's very interesting to me to see how he's taken on almost a different life. I wonder how much money Marvel is losing (and I know they're already making a killing in other areas so I'm not taking either side) in poorly done knockoffs of Spider-Man's image. The toys I see that come from Mexico alone are very interesting. Toothbrushes, Spider-Man driving cars, flying planes. Really unique (some done well and some really badly done) items out there. That right there is the subject of a very interesting expose that I'd love to see someone do. Maybe this could be a new subdivision of Superherohype. Reporters in the field covering this.