NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – For a few hours on Friday, a 5-year-old Tulelake boy who has been battling leukemia donned a cape and cut a heroic figure as he dashed through Gotham City, fighting crime.
The child, Miles Scott, helped restore order in “Gotham” – in this case, a portion of San Francisco – as “Batkid.”
The Make-A-Wish Foundation worked to give Miles his dream of being a super hero for a day.
At the start of the day, San Francisco’s police chief put out the call for the whereabouts of Batkid who, along with Batman, responded to the call for help.
Batkid and Batman drove around the city in the Batmobile, with their day of crime fighting including rescuing a damsel-in-distress from cable-car tracks, capturing the Riddler in the act of robbing a downtown vault and rescuing the San Francisco mascot Lou Seal from the clutches of The Penguin.
An estimated 13,000 San Franciscans lined the route to cheer for Batkid.
Batkid's final stop for the day was at San Francisco City Hall, where Mayor Ed Lee congratulated him on his daring feats of justice and presented him with a key to the city.
The little caped crusader's good deeds even got the attention of President Barack Obama, who gave Batkid a video shout out. “Way to go, Miles! Way to save Gotham!” Obama said in his message.