By Jason Wells, Los Angeles Times
San Francisco, grappling with the exploits of the Riddler and the Penguin, will call upon a pint-sized crusader: Miles, a 5-year-old cancer-stricken boy, a.k.a. Batkid.
‘Batkid’ Miles Scott, dressed as Batkid, right, walks with Batman before saving a damsel in distress in San Francisco on Friday. San Francisco turned into Gotham City as city officials helped fulfill Miles’ wish to be “Batkid.” Miles, a Tulelake, Calif., boy whose leukemia is in remission, was called into service Friday morning by San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr to help fight crime, The Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation says. ( Jeff Chiu / Associated Press / November 15, 2013 )
What started out as Miles’ wish to be Batman has turned into an all-out extravaganza in San Francisco as word spread and thousands of people volunteered to pitch in and help transform the bayside metropolis into Gotham City.
Coordinated by the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the effort will include Miles’ own Batmobile, a personal call from Police Chief Greg Suhr for help, the apprehension of the Riddler and then a flash mob involving hundreds of people in Union Square alerting Batkid to the fact that Penguin has kidnapped Lou Seal, the San Francisco Giants mascot.
Batkid will then chase the Penguin around AT&T Park, rescuing Lou Seal and earning a key to the city during a presentation at City Hall.
All of these exploits were kicked off by a live television news bulletin carried by KGO-TV and covered in the “Gotham City Chronicle,” 1,000 copies of which were printed by the San Francisco Chronicle on Friday, the top A1 story penned by — who else? — Clark Kent.
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