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P40 Layout 1 ‘Anchorman’ parody of TV news lands at Newseum39 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2013 Batkid wins Ker-pow! Obama’s praise 5-year-old Northern whelmed by the outpouring, qui- ACalifornia boy who has bat- etly working through each sce- tled leukemia for years nario with clenched fists and tight became a darling of social media lips amid delirious chants of “bat and attracted thousands of fans at kid, bat kid.” But by the time he home and around the country - reached City Hall to receive a key including the president - as he to the city in front of the biggest took on the persona of his crowd of the day, Miles was all favorite superhero. Dressed in smiles and bravado. Batman’s signature cape and Though he didn’t address the mask, Miles Scott faced foe after crowd, he raised his fist twice and foe around San Francisco on wore a grin as he was feted with Friday, drawing huge crowds and chocolate, an FBI “raid jacket” and fulfilling his greatest wish in the a San Francisco Police process. Department cap. A clothing com- The White House sent out a pany donated $10,000 to Miles’ tweet encouraging Batkid to “Go family, and San Francisco Mayor get ‘em!” and in a video recording, Ed Lee proclaimed Nov 15 to be President Barack Obama said, “Batkid Day Forever.” US Attorney “Way to go, Miles! Way to save Melinda Haag unveiled an “indict- Gotham!” Batkid was called into ment” charging the Penguin and service by Police Chief Greg Suhr Riddler with conspiracy as the and spent the day zooming from crowd that stretched for blocks one “crime scene” to the next. roared with delight. Speaking at Accompanied by an adult Batman City Hall, Miles’ father, Nick Scott, impersonator, Batkid rescued a thanked the crowd, organizers damsel in distress from cable car and the city for showing his son a tracks, captured the Riddler as he good time. robbed a bank, and saved the San “Miles has always been a fight- Francisco Giants mascot - Lou Seal er,” he said. “He fought cancer and - from the Penguin’s clutches. beat cancer.” He was diagnosed Miles was able to fulfill his with leukemia when he was 18 wish through the Make-A-Wish months old. He ended Foundation, the city and volun- chemotherapy treatments in June teers who stepped forward to and is now in remission. “When help. Batkid had a police escort you have an illness, it’s very worthy of a dignitary as he sped important to know you have a around the city in a black support system,” said Gina Futrell, Lamborghini with Batman decals, a 51-year-old with multiple sclero- with officers blocking traffic and sis, who was among a large crowd riding alongside him on motorcy- gathered at Union Square to see cles. “I think it might be the first the “Batkid” in action. “I have an time a Lamborghini had a booster extremely strong support system, seat,” said Patricia Wilson, the and I hope he does too. He’s such executive director for Make-a- a little hero.” Wish in the Greater Bay Area. Miles, who lives in Tulelake in The crowds grew after each far Northern California, didn’t stop, reaching into the thousands know what was in store for him by the time Miles got to Union and thought he was in San Square for lunch at the Burger Bar Francisco just to get a Batman atop Macy’s. Spectators climbed costume so he could dress like trees and clambered up lamp- his favorite superhero. Make-A- posts, and police and organizers Wish has fulfilled similar wishes struggled to keep a path open for across the country. In Anaheim, a the motorcade, which drove past child became Batman’s sidekick, onlookers lining the streets six Robin; and in Seattle a child was deep for several blocks. a secret agent, said Jen Wilson, a At Batkid’s stop in the city’s spokeswoman for the local Russian Hill neighborhood, a organization. The San Francisco woman sat on the cable car tracks Chronicle, KGO-TV and thou- in a dress and thigh-high black sands of volunteers participated boots. She had a handkerchief in the event. At Union Square, around her mouth, and her hands the Chronicle distributed hun- were bound behind her back. dreds of copies of special-edition Batman and Batkid sprang into newspapers with the headline action, with the aid of a trampo- “Batkid Saves City.” “This is off- line, as the crowd roared. They the-hook San Francisco,” Police rescued the woman and disabled Chief Suhr said. — AP a plastic replica bomb she was tied to. The two masked superheroes then took off to nab the Riddler as he robbed a downtown bank. They later jetted to the Penguin’s kidnapping of Lou Seal. The 5- year-old at first seemed over- Miles Scott, dressed as Batkid, stands next to Batman as he receives the key to the city from San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee (left) at a rally outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. — AP/AFP photos .
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