A five-year-old boy dressed in a Spider-Man suit became a real superhero in Brazil when he saved a baby girl from her burning home.


While playing in his back garden with a friend, Riquelme Maciel spotted smoke coming out of the wooden house's windows and ran to tell the baby's mother, Lucilene dos Santos.

But Ms Santos was too afraid to enter the blaze, so it was down to young Maciel to step in and save the day - he rushed into the burning house and grabbed baby Andrieli from her cradle.

The Fire Department Chief Jose de Macedo praised the boy's bravery, and much like his hero Spider-Man, Maciel became the talk of the town.

His face made it to the cover of all the local newspapers and he no longer needs the red and blue costume to be recognised.

Maciel said he is now dreaming of becoming a fire-fighter so he can save more lives.




[Edited 11/13/07 7:00am]

wait...the baby's mother was too scared to go in and get her child but a 5 yr old was brave enough to do it?



Good job kiddo!
[Edited 11/13/07 6:58am]

DanceWme said:

I know.

But good news anyway!

some good news!

that was really amazing to hear this morning, though i gotta say that mother of his needs to keep her eyes wide open from now on

PricelessHo said:

Considering there is so much bad news in the world today, it is nice to hear something good once in a while.

DanceWme said:

Yeah, she was too scared to save her own child and she let a 5 year old go into a burning building. Way to be an adult, lady!

This kid is amazing. It's a shame that he had to be the one to react.