A Beautiful Reminder of How Amazing People Can Be (Make-A-Wish)

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 4/30/10 at 3:48pm

Boy with cancer turns into a superhero for a day:

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.

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Updated On: 4/30/10 at 03:48 PM

[SNAFU]

Posted: 4/30/10 at 5:15pm

That is f*cking AWESOME! Actually made me cry.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 4/30/10 at 7:38pm

WOW!

I couldn't get through that without bawling.

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 4/30/10 at 9:12pm

Make-A-Wish is a wonderful organization! I've worked with them on a few projects and I recently discussed them with the pres. of our fundraising program for the possibility of working with them on a large scale. They really do make little dreams come true!

[kec]

Posted: 4/30/10 at 9:27pm

I've gone all onion-eyed. That was a lovely story.

[kover22]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 1:55am

I love Edgar Hansen I am so glad he was part of this...it made me cry !!!

[JbaraFan1]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 3:55am

Thanks for posting about this, jacobtsf. What a lovely story!

[uncageg]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 11:11am

What a great thing to do for this young boy. I too have tears in my eyes.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 2:40pm

Thanks, jacobtsf. That was a wonderful reminder of the "positive power of people!"

[StockardFan]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 2:44pm

That was really sweet.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 5/2/10 at 2:48pm

That was adorable. I had a smile on my face and a tear in my eye the whole time I was reading that.

[Q]

Posted: 5/5/10 at 2:13am

*bump*

Just wanted to read this again, and share with anyone who missed it.