Make-A-Wish Foundation helps boy with cancer become a superhero
Posted May 4, 2010 by Matthew Price
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" Electron Boy", played by 13-year-old liver cancer patient Erik Martin, stands in front of members of the Seattle Sounders soccer team as he listens to a video message from arch villains Dr. Dark and Blackout Boy on the Qwest Field screen in Bellevue, Wash. The regional chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation made Martin's dream of becoming a superhero come true, organizing hundreds of volunteers in Bellevue and Seattle into a simulated comic-book caper. In this chapter, Electron Boy rescues the Seattle Sounders from being trapped inside of their locker room.
Really beautiful story about Make A Wish helping 13-year-old Erik Martin, who is living with liver cancer, become Electron Boy as part of his wish to be a superhero for a day. The Seattle Times has a full writeup, which you should definitely read. The AP reports that the regional chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation made Martin’s dream of becoming a superhero come true, organizing hundreds of volunteers in Bellevue and Seattle into a simulated comic-book caper.
Video from CNN about Electron Boy below.
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