AnneLine Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 (edited) Sometimes it is just nice to hear something kind. Today has been BatKid day in San Francisco. A 5 year old child with Leukemia has been given his wish to help Batman for a day by the Make-a-Wish Foundation and over 10,000 people in San Francisco. "In a world where we keep hearing about shootings and muggings, to have our city come together like this is unbelievable," said San Francisco resident Jason Dorn, 43, one of those who navigated though the thick crowds. The Make-A-Wish Foundation has often arranged for elaborate gifts to kids with life-threatening diseases - but never anything on this scale, said Patricia Wilson, the foundation's Bay Area head. The group's website was so overwhelmed with visitors Friday that it gave out. Wilson had originally hoped a few hundred volunteers would turn up to support Miles, who lives in Tulelake (Siskiyou County) and is in remission from leukemia. But more than 12,000 signed up. They saw Police Chief Greg Suhr - playing Commissioner Gordon - lend his forces to Batkid, who thwarted a bank robbery and rescued Lou Seal, the San Francisco Giants' mascot. By the afternoon, the San Francisco offices of the U.S. Attorney and the FBI had joined in the theater, indicting the Riddler and the Penguin. A special edition of The Chronicle read, "Batkid saves City." And Mayor Ed Lee gave Miles keys to the city - including one made of chocolate. Elisa Haidt, 37, and Amy Jackson, 32, had tears in their eyes. They had been working all week with Tripit, a travel organizer and partner of Make-A-Wish, to plan a flash mob dance for Miles in Union Square to Journey's "Don't Stop Believin' " Miles seemed thrilled, they said, and his enthusiasm was contagious. "We were here to cheer on Miles, but Miles also helped us," Haidt said. Full article here: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Batkid-saves-the-day-in-San-Francisco-4985651.php You can follow his adventures here: http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2013/11/15/follow-batkids-adventure/ And the SF Chronicle Newspaper is printing a special edition... http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2013/11/15/chronicle-will-print-special-editions-for-batkid-flashmob/ Edited November 16, 2013 by AnneLine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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brandelynmarie Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 That is unbelievably awesome :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spem in alium Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 That's just excellent! Go Batkid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Why couldn't I have gotten leukemia as a kid? Life is so unfair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 be careful wht you ask for, r2dtoo.... adults get it r2dtoo.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Yeah, but I specifically said "as a kid" so it can't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Good point -- but I wish you lived near here so you could have had fun helping him get his wish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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