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A Real Life Superman? February 18, 2011

I’m going to share a cool story from a friend of mine. The story has some humor and a definite ‘aww’ factor for some of the ladies.

My buddy Kevin Feldman is a a big Superman fan (as everyone should be). He’s also a good human being that believes in helping people out whether it be a flat tire or a broken zipper…on a jacket people he’s not a prevert! This story involves doing something most people would do, but with a pretty cool ending in my opinion. The following is an email sent by Kevin to a group of our friends and I’m going to share it with you.

so yesterday I am in another hotel at a meeting. I see some couple arguing, which is a bonus for me cause as you know, I love a good domestic dispute. I watch a little then hop on the escalator going up. All the sudden I hear this girl scream like I have never heard before. Turn around & see the little girl has gotten her fingers caught in the escalator. By this time, I am about 3 -4 steps up from the bottom. I jump down and hit the red button to shut the escaltor off. The girl is crying in pain and now her brother is quite upset. The mom & dad, who had let the kids wander off while they continued arguing had come running over. I told the dad to go to the restaurant & get some ice. The mom was thanking me while taking care of her daughter. The little boy looked at me still crying & I opened my shirt up to show the S. He got this big smile on his face & I put my my finger to my mouth & went shhhhhh. I turned and went back up the elevator to go to my meeting & I hear the boy go “mom, that was Superman — he helped jenny”.

You just never know when the S will come in handy.

Is Kevin Superman? He is to that little kid and his sister that’s for sure. I’m believe a lot of people would have done the same thing in this situation, but Kevin has a history of ‘being in the right place at the right time.’ I think it’s the other things that are deserving of some recognition even on this small blog with only my friends and family as readers.

He went on to mention that wearing the Superman ‘S’ is a reminder to do the little things to help people out. I know that sounds corny and I paraphrased because I deleted that email, but don’t you wish more people were like that? How many times have you been in a jam and watched as people passed you by? How much better would the world be if more people wore Superman shirts under their everyday clothes?

I got this email at work the other day and I read it out loud to a group of people in the breakroom and it got great positive reactions. People laughed and thought it was a cool story. I love Superman too and I’m happy to share this little bit of Kevin for both of my readers out there. Hope you enjoyed.

Have a great weekend everybody.