Batkid Saves San Francisco
San Francisco is one of the greatest cities in the world.
This was proven yet again today as thousands turned out to support 5 year-0ld Miles Scott, a leukemia survivor who has just gone into remission after 3 years, as he saved a ‘damsel-in-distress’, save the famous mascot Lou Seal and captured the Riddler and the Penguin!
The Make-A-Wish Foundation set up the event as one of their 340 granted wishes. The staff went above and beyond in creating this event and involving members of the community letting them participate and make this event even more amazing for Miles and for the community too.
Watch this short video about the event:
Even Obama had something to say to the young man who saved one of America’s greatest cities:
See all the images here.
The SF Chronicle got into the action by creating 1,000 special edition covers. It was so popular, they created another 1,000. Check it out!
The SF Chief of Police made a special video to Batkid pleading for his help in saving they city.
All around, this was an incredible event that was made legendary by almost 11,000 community members coming out to cheer Miles on.