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Page 1 of the Hangout is littered with crappy news about cops beating people, rectum-eating eels, guys ****ing their grandmothers, cyber-bullying, and the biggest douche on Clutchfans. It's just not a pretty sight. Sometimes though, you find something that restores your faith in the goodness of people, at least a little.

Local boy with cancer turns into a superhero for a day
Erik Martin, who is living with liver cancer, has always wanted to be a superhero. On Thursday, the regional chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted him that wish with an elaborate event that involved hundreds of volunteers in Bellevue and Seattle.

Thursday was shaping up to be just another school day for 13-year-old Erik Martin, but then something extraordinary happened: Spiderman called.

Spiderman happens to be one of the few people who knows that Erik, too, has a secret identity — he's Electron Boy, a superhero who fights the powers of evil with light.

And Spiderman needed Erik's help.

Erik, who is living with liver cancer, has always wanted to be a superhero. On Thursday, the regional chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted him that wish with an elaborate event that involved hundreds of volunteers in Bellevue and Seattle.

The local chapter, which serves four states, grants more than 300 wishes every year to children with life-threatening medical conditions, but only a few of them involve so many participants.

Pulling off a wish like this one required a big story, and a lot of heart. And so, with a note of panic in his voice, Spiderman explained the dilemma: "Dr. Dark" and "Blackout Boy" had imprisoned the Seattle Sounders in a locker room at Qwest Field. Only Electron Boy could free them.

Erik got into his red-and-blue superhero costume, and called on the powers of Moonshine Maid, who owns a DeLorean sports car. For good measure, more than 20 motorcycle officers from the Bellevue Police Department and King County and Snohomish sheriff's offices escorted Electron Boy to Seattle.

"They shut down 405 — they shut down I-90," marveled Moonshine Maid, aka Misty Peterson. "I thought it would just be me, in the car."

At Qwest Field, Electron Boy was directed by frantic fans to the Sounders locker room, where the entire team was shouting for help behind jammed doors. With a little help from Lightning Lad, the alter ego of local actor Rob Burgess, Erik opened the door with his lightning rod. The Sounders cheered.

"Thank you, Electron Boy," said defender Taylor Graham.

"You saved us!" exclaimed forward Nate Jaqua.

"Good job, big man," said defender Tyrone Marshall. And forward Steve Zakuani mutely bowed his thanks.

Electron Boy seemed a little dazed by his powers. Out on Qwest Field, the Sounders gave Erik a hero's congratulations, posed for pictures and gave him a jersey and autographed ball.

Everyone was startled when, overhead, the Jumbotron crackled to life.

"Electron Boy, I am Dr. Dark and this is Blackout Boy," sneered an evil voice, as the villain — Edgar Hansen, and his sidekick Jake Anderson, both of Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" — taunted the young superhero. "We are here to take over Seattle and make it dark!"

On the Jumbotron, a video showed a Puget Sound Electric employee Jim Hutchinson trapped in the top of his bucket truck in front of PSE's Bellevue headquarters. Only Electron Boy could save him.

As Electron Boy's motorcade — the DeLorean, the 25 motorcycle officers and a white limo — rolled through downtown Bellevue, pedestrians stopped in their tracks and pulled out their cameras to take pictures. Clearly, somebody famous was in town. But who could it be?

"It's Electron Boy," Erik's older sister, Charlotte Foote, shouted out the window of the limousine.

More than 250 PSE employees gathered outside the company's headquarters and cheered as Electron Boy freed the trapped worker. "It was so loud, people in office buildings were looking out the window," said Make-A-Wish communications director Jeannette Tarcha.

But Dr. Dark and Blackout Boy were still at large. Electron Boy got a tip that the evil duo were at the Space Needle, where they had disabled the elevator and trapped people on the observation deck. Racing back to Seattle, Electron Boy stepped out of the DeLorean to a cheering crowd of dozens of admirers, and confronted his nemesis.

"How did you find us, Electron Boy?" Dr. Dark demanded.

Erik wordlessly leapt at Dr. Dark with his lightning rod, freezing the villain. Then he unlocked the elevator and freed the people trapped upstairs.

Bellevue police Officer Curtis McIvor snapped handcuffs on Dr. Dark and Blackout Boy, who couldn't resist some last words: "How can we thank you for saving our souls?"

A tiny smile played around Electron Boy's mouth. Just for good measure, he held his lightning sword to Blackout Boy's throat again. The crowd went wild. "Hip-hip, hooray!"

Seattle City Councilwoman Sally Bagshaw stepped forward with a key to the city and a proclamation that Thursday was Electron Boy Day. Afterward, Erik posed for the TV cameras, flexed his muscles and spent some time astride a Bellevue police motorcycle.

"He's over the moon," said Foote. "This is definitely beyond anything we thought it would be."

Watching her son run across the plaza in front of the Space Needle, mom Judy Martin said Erik goes to school when he's able, but is often too tired. "He hasn't had this much energy in a long time," she said. "They called it the power of the wish, and they're right."

Like any good superhero, Electron Boy kept his innermost thoughts to himself. But he did have one important thing to say:

"This is the best day of my life."
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This made me all warm and fuzzy inside.

Awesome pictures in link.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011740342_electronboy30m.html

#1 gwatson86, Apr 30, 2010

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wow yeah this is freaking awesome

#2 The_Yoyo, Apr 30, 2010
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That is really, really cool.

Awesome story bro.

#3 Convictedstupid, Apr 30, 2010
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i'm all for the make-a-wish foundation and doing things for these kids and all..

but i'm gonna be an ass and say it--a little over the top and a waste of resources? shutting down 2 freeways in a major city? i don't know.

#4 kaleidosky, Apr 30, 2010
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One of the best wishes I've read about. I also liked the one, during the nfl draft, were the kid got to call out his team's pick.

#5 conquistador#11, Apr 30, 2010
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Should have left the Sounders locked up.

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Miguel said:

Should have left the Sounders locked up.
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Dr. Dark should have punished him by tying him up and forcing him to watch an entire MLS game.

#7 moestavern19, Apr 30, 2010

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That was pretty friggin' cool.

Not so much the wish, but the fact that so many people helped out.

#8 DonnyMost, Apr 30, 2010
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Darn it, man. Why you gotta tell this story now that I'm work...? I am still cryi... I mean, working...

Miguel said:

Should have left the Sounders locked up.
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:grin: REP+

#9 SwoLy-D, Apr 30, 2010
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REP+
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Too much Miguel on Miguel love going on in here for me.

Cool story though.

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gwatson86 said:

Page 1 of the Hangout is littered with crappy news about cops beating people, rectum-eating eels, guys ****ing their grandmothers, cyber-bullying, and the biggest douche on Clutchfans. It's just not a pretty sight. Sometimes though, you find something that restores your faith in the goodness of people, at least a little.

This made me all warm and fuzzy inside.

Awesome pictures in link.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011740342_electronboy30m.html
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Okay that made me cry... how sweet and cool. Kudos to the participants.

#11 Hayesfan, Apr 30, 2010
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moestavern19 said:

Dr. Dark should have punished him by tying him up and forcing him to watch an entire MLS game.
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This is why we're no longer roommates.

...and Mario Strikers
...and Justin Jenkins
...and Jamaal Charles
...and Joe Nathan
...and Reggie Miller
...and Super Karate Monkey Death Car

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Miguel said:

This is why we're no longer roommates.

...and Mario Strikers
...and Justin Jenkins
...and Jamaal Charles
...and Joe Nathan
...and Reggie Miller
...and Super Karate Monkey Death Car
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and Monopoly

#13 moestavern19, Apr 30, 2010

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and Monopoly
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How the hell did we not kill each other in those 2 years?

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and Monopoly
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... and 'cuz you let strangers off the interwebs come into yall's apartment to exchange PS3s...

#15 SwoLy-D, Apr 30, 2010
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Miguel said:

How the hell did we not kill each other in those 2 years?
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Many factors, but I'd have to say taking out our aggression on Rock Band Drums helped, well that and our mutual fondness for ragging on Dave2000's musical and movie taste.

#16 moestavern19, Apr 30, 2010
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Thats a pretty positive twist on an otherwise glim board these days. Maybe Dr. Dark struck CF?

#17 Wakko67, Apr 30, 2010
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Raise you hand if you thought of this.

And then this...

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#18 DonnyMost, Apr 30, 2010

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moestavern19 said:

and Monopoly
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Treating Monopoly like Real Estate 101 eh?

#19 JusBleezy, Apr 30, 2010
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Count me Donny. Giminy gillickers, or however that's spelled

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