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Talking about spider and home fires:
5-year old boy in Spider-man suit saves baby from fire
Here's a translation of the news piece:
11/09/2007 - 16h23
"Spider-kid" saves baby from burning house in Santa Catarina
Five-year old Riquelme dos Santos saved a 22 month old baby from a fire last Thursday in the city of Palmeira, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The most curious part is that the boy was wearing a Spiderman costume during the rescue.
According to witnesses, Riquelme was playing "super-hero" in front of the house when he saw fire coming from the baby's room. The child, called Andrieli, was sleeping inside while her mom, Lucilene dos Santos (Riquelme's aunt) was doing the laundry outside.
According to Lucilene, the fire spread rapidly and she could not get inside to rescue her daughter. At this point, the "Spider-kid" decided to act.
"He told me not to cry or scream, for he would save Andriele", the mother told RBS TV. He then proceed to enter the house, and came out shortly after with the baby in his arms. Both were unharmed.
The Firefighther's squad examined the house this Friday and informed the fire destroyed 80% of the 50 square meters house, which is located in a poor neighborhood.
The boy's attitude was praised by the firefighters, even though it is not recomended. "He could have become another victim," said sargeant Macedo.
Riquelme, who is an orphan who lives with her aunt and cousin, told our reporters he himself wants to be a firefigther when he grows up
I almost posted this on the Happy thread, but the child-endangerment angle prevented me to do so. Plus,this thread was justing asking for this post. |
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Safe for MY FEASTINGS! 
This horrible creature appears to have moved into the home of my partner and many of my close friends. A pernicious beast, prone to self-satisfaction and corruption, it's got to the stage where it almost seems to run the place. I mean, I know some claim it's adorable and harmless really, but I've heard it's closely related to the Tory Mamba of Parliament and actually remarkably vicious.