Superhero window washers make an appearance

Superhero window washers make an appearance at Alberta Children's Hospital

In a recent news story by the Calgary Herald, a few super heros including Spiderman, The Hulk, Ironman and Thor, washed some of the windows on the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. The kids thoroughly enjoyed the experience while they cleaned the windows of the hospital’s exterior. Fullerton, senior operating officer with Alberta Children’s Hospital, said patients were “so excited” to see the superheroes sliding down the building.

Fullerton went on to say, “They’re either in the hospital or visiting one of our specialty clinics, and imagine their surprise to look out the window and see these superheroes washing our windows for us,” she said. “So it’s really made it a special day here at the hospital for our children and families.”

The report continued on to say how grateful the hospital is for the community. “It just means the world to our patients and families,” Fullterton said.

Child Porn Window Washer Worked At Children's Hospital

Jarratt Turner - window-washer at children's hospital

Nashville man accused of raping 2-year-old was Spider-Man window-washer at children's hospital: We have new information about the Nashville man accused of raping a two-year-old and recording it. It turns out, for at least a couple of years, he washed windows for Vanderbilt Children's Hospital.

Vanderbilt police says it's been in contact with Homeland Security, the agency that investigated Jarratt Turner and got him locked-up.

FOX 17 has video of Turner dressed as Spider-Man washing windows for the children's hospital in October 2014. "It makes it even better if I can do my job and help some people out at the same time," said Turner.

Vanderbilt says it's been in touch with Homeland Security investigators and says, "Neither they nor we have any indication there was any inappropriate behavior that occurred on our campus." The owner of the window washing company says he's shocked and appalled by the allegations but believes Turner never was left alone with any children there.

Turner is accused of using his friend's children to create child porn, emailing and posting images of toddlers online saying, "I looooove (sic) little ones. I love little one's the most and hope you love them too." 

"If somebody did that to my child they probably would never be found again," said Lacy Todd, a Nashville mom. Todd has a 2-year-old boy, the same age as one of Turner's alleged victims. She says she's also a survivor herself, "I don't trust anybody. My kid does not go out of my sight. From what I went through as a child, I don't trust anybody." She says she knows the damage sex abuse can cause, "It lives with you forever."

Todd also says she knows not everyone is as trustworthy as they appear. "These kids are pretty sick and anything we can do to make their day a little bit better, I'm all for it," said Turner dressed as Spider-Man back in October. Prosecutors have charged Turner with distribution of child porn but say more charges are coming.

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Holy High Wire

Four of the strongest people on the planet came to pass some of their strength on to the patients.

Superheroes visit Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital: Young patients had some special visitors Monday at the Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital. A crowd of people formed outside the hospital, looking to the sky, pointing at something. It was not a bird, a plane or even Life Lion, but superheroes Captain America, Batman, Spiderman and Superman.

Four of the strongest people on the planet came to pass some of their strength on to the patients. "Once we went over they started clapping for us, the kids started waving. We waved back, it was great," said Mark Barnaba, who dressed up as Superman. "I'm kind of into the comic thing. I think I like Thor the best, but I like these ones, too," said Paige Chubb, a 14-year-old from Carlisle who has been undergoing cancer treatments all year.

The superheroes used some of their muscle to propel down the sides of the hospital. The men behind the masks were window washers from North Eastern Building Maintenance; ordinary men with a super goal of helping brave little patients forget they are in a hospital.

"I just knew it would be perfect because just seeing the children smile, it just makes it all worth it," Barnaba said. "It makes me happy to see that people are so kind and are able to do this. I love it. It's just really cool," Chubb said. The idea began with a hospital employee. North Eastern Building Maintenance jumped on board and even paid for the superhero costumes.

Window washers dress in costumes at Pennsylvania children's hospital (HERSHEY, PA) - Some popular super heroes traded in their special powers for window washing equipment and converged on Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital. Their mission, brighten the day of some of the youngest patients. One of those is C.J. Hoover who has been through so much in his first 17 months. The young boy fought a fierce battle with leukemia in March, and knocked the cancer into remission. But he's still back in the hospital almost every week for chemo and check-ups. "We're not in this alone and it's good to know there are people around us that support us and provide care and even a small thing like a smile," said Clayton Hoover, C.J.'s dad.

On Monday, C.J. and other young patients were surprised to see super heroes scaling the size of the hospital. A lot of the children were probably too young to fully appreciate the gesture, but their parents took it to heart. For a minute, the super heroes helped wipe their worries away. "We're in a comfortable place, we'll get through this and C.J. will come out just fine," Hoover said. In true superhero fashion, after saving the day, they quietly slipped away, off to their next mission. But they hoped to leave the young patients empowered to fight their health battles with the same kind of courage that comes with a cape.

Spiderman gives the high sign as he starts his descent down the walls of Texas Children's Hospital.

Holy highwire! Superheroes scale the walls of Texas Children's Hospital and clean up -  igh-flying superheroes Batman, Spiderman, Captain America and Superman thrilled patients at Texas Children's Hospital when they descended the slippery slopes of the 21-story building in the heart of the Texas Medical Center.


More than mere super Samaritans, these guys with muscles rippling and capes flying were super window washers with their buckets and squeegees in hand. As the costumed characters bounced from window to window, one young fellow exclaimed, "That's dangerous!" From his hospital bed, another youngster enthused, "Those superheroes were so awesome." In celebration of the visit, the youngsters worked on arts and crafts projects focusing on the superheroes. This was one surprise that patients and parents as well as hospital staff won't soon forget.

Superhero/super window washers prepare at Texas Children's Hospital.

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Spider-Man cleans windows, surprises kids at hospital (Salt Lake City) — Spider-Man not only climbs up buildings and saves damsels in distress, but he also washed windows at the Primary Children's Hospital Thursday afternoon. One of the window cleaners at Primary Children's Medical Center decided to surprise the patients by dressing up in a Spider-Man costume while cleaning the six-story building. The heroism was caught on film as Spider-Man swung back and forth flashing his well-known web shooting gestures.

"Parents were pointing out Spider-Man to the kids and they were really excited," said Primary Children's Medical Center public relations specialist, Sandra Orton. There was one kid who loves Spider-Man that was really excited and he wanted to go outside and meet with him." On average the hospital treats about 208 patients a day, and Orton said they love finding ways to cheer up the residents. "All of our patients are dealing with different challenges," Orton said. "Anything we can do to boost their morale and take their minds off the shots and tests is positive."

Due to the warm weather, the worker did have to take off the costume at one point to ensure safe work conditions. "He was fantastic and he acted just as Spider-Man would," Orton said of the worker's performance. "He was very excited to be wearing the costume. He probably just wished it hadn't been so hot." Orton said that Spider-Man might possibly make another appearance for the kids in the future.

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Tulsa Window Cleaning Heroes

Today at the Children's Hospital at Saint Francis, Tulsa. Click to enlarge.

Superheroes do windows at Children's Hospital at Saint Francis: In the hospital for nearly three weeks with a ruptured appendix, 9-year-old Ryan Rusco is supposed to be getting up and walking around a little now. "But he's sore and tired," his mother explains, "and he just hasn't wanted to." In the parking lot Monday morning, Stephanie Rusco glanced up at the glassy facade of the Children's Hospital at Saint Francis. Then she rushed back to Ryan's room. "Guess who's climbing down the side of the building?" Ryan threw on some clothes and walked all the way down the hall to the elevators, then across the lobby to the main entrance.

A crowd was gathering on the sidewalk, where Ryan looked up to see Batman, the Hulk and Spider-man dangling on ropes several stories in the air. Not tired a bit, Ryan even went to an upper-floor solarium to get a closer look, face-to-face with the Hulk through the glass. "It's the most excited that I've seen him since being here" in the hospital, his mother said. "A lot of kids are being perked up today."

Ryan even went to an upper-floor solarium to get a closer look, face-to-face with the Hulk through the glass. Click to enlarge.

The windows need to be washed twice a year. But this time, when officials called Jeremy Brazil's wife to schedule the work, they asked for something a little extra. "She thought it was a great idea," said Brazil, owner of Above All window washing. "And she told us that we were going to do it." Not that Brazil minded. "We don't usually get this much reaction," he said. "Kids were putting their faces up against the windows, giving us fist bumps through the glass. It's just great."

"I'm Bruce Wayne," he introduced himself. "But don't tell anybody." Click to enlarge.

Not breaking character when he reached the ground, Brazil posed for pictures with the kids who had been watching him rappel down. "I'm Bruce Wayne," he introduced himself. But don't tell anybody. That's supposed to be a secret. It will take a week to finish the windows. "If anybody wants to come see us," Brazil said, "we'll be around."

Superheroes took time off from fighting crime, to cheer up Tulsa children at St. Francis Hospital: Spectators got quite a sight Monday as Batman, Spiderman and The Incredible Hulk scaled a Tulsa hospital with squeegees in hand. The trio, employed by Above All Window Cleaning company by day, donned the costumes for the first time to wash the windows of the St. Francis Children's Hospital in south Tulsa. Many gathered as the team posed and brightened the kids' day, but the three heroes say the best part of showing up was seeing the smiles on all the childrens' faces. "It feels good that they get to have some fun. I think that's the main thing about it. It's good to lift the spirits of the kids up a little bit." The two members of the Avengers and The Dark Knight plan on returning every year.

Spiderman Squeegeeing Out The Smiles World-Wide

Sydney Rooth cleaning windows in Poppleton Road, York, dressed as Spiderman.

York window cleaner Sydney Rooth dresses up as Spiderman to fight grime: A web-slinging York window cleaner is winning new customers after deciding to do his rounds dressed up as comic book superhero Spiderman. Sydney Rooth, of Poppleton, hit upon the idea after noticing he shared a birthday with Spiderman’s young alter ego, Peter Parker. After finding a his red-and-blue costume on internet auction site eBay, 30-year-old Sydney said it was proving popular and was bringing in plenty of customers for his new business, SAS Style windowcleaners. 

Sydney Rooth fights grime.

He said: “I work up ladders and at heights and I just thought it made perfect sense. I’m getting lots of work in since I went for out in the costume for the first time on Sunday. “Kids love it. They don’t actually think I’m Spiderman, but they do shout up at me and want to know why I’m wearing the costume. It’s got me lots of work.” Sydney, who recently moved to York from Newquay, said friends were initially sceptical about donning the costume and taking on the role of friendly neighbourhood Spiderman. “Everybody who thought it was a silly idea now knows it’s taking off. One person said I wouldn’t get any work at all.”

Superhero window washers surprise sick children: From Tampa to Pittsburgh, Chicago to Memphis, comic superheroes are being spotted all over the country -- and they are fighting grime. On windows, that is. In their off-hours, Spider-Man, Captain America, and Batman, to name a few, are washing windows at children's hospitals. Their mission? To bring happiness to the youngest of patients. "We donned the Spider-Man costumes and we rappelled down the side of the buildings," said Harold Connolly, president of Highrise Window Cleaning of Clearwater, Fla. "We knocked on the glass, waved hello – there were a lot of big smiles."

They are squeegeeing out the smiles at hospitals nationwide. Sao Doan, 5, right, watches as her mom, Tiffany Ringer of Kenneth City, snaps a photo of Merrill Hunt dressed as Spiderman as he washes her window at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Connolly organized two superhero window-washing sessions at hospitals in Florida so far this year, and he isn't alone. Images of wide-eyed children in awe of their favorite superheroes washing windows have gone viral online, prompting hospitals and window washing companies nationwide to hop on board. "Some of these poor kids, they don't get a lot of opportunities for anything fun there," Connolly says. "It cheered them up at least for the moment anyway."

Window washers from Allegheny Window Cleaning dressed as superheroes pose together before scaling the side of Children's Hospital in Lawrenceville on Wednesday April 17, 2013. The crew is from left, Ed Hetrick as Superman, Mark Errico as Captain America, Jim Zaremba as Batman and Rick Bollinger as Spiderman. Click to enlarge.

Superhero window washers return to Children’s Hospital:  Like a high-flying sequel to a big-screen blockbuster, window washers doubling as superheroes made a dramatic return on Wednesday to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. This time, they had company. Trailed by news crews, photographers and hospital media gurus, the foursome from Allegheny Window Cleaning Inc. of Springdale brought newfound celebrity to their rounds at Penn Avenue and 45th Street in Lawrenceville. More than a half-dozen other children's hospitals across the country have adopted the idea since Allegheny Window workers suited up last fall as Batman, Captain America, Spider-Man and Superman. “I duck the spotlight. I say as little as I can. But this has been overwhelming with what's happened on the Internet,” company President Edward Matuizek said. “We probably were in 20 newspapers worldwide. It continues to fuel itself.”

Mark Erico as Captain America a window washer from Allegheny WIndow Cleaning cleans the windows on the third floor as Dorian Haigh, 5 of Churchill (left) and Martiese Davis, 11 of Wilkinsburg look on at Children's Hospital in Lawrenceville.

For Naomi Kurzweg, 10, of Squirrel Hill, the surprise appearances lightened an appointment for blood work. “I think my favorite was Spider-Man,” she said, grinning at the superheroes' choice of footwear: sneakers. Matuizek's wife and company office manager Michelle Matuizek saw a similar appearance at a British hospital and suggested the costumes. With a blessing from Children's Hospital, workers Rick Bollinger, 46, and Mark Errico, 26, both from Natrona Heights, Ed Hetrick, 36, of Springdale and Jim Zaremba, 45, of New Kensington morphed into comic-book alter egos to wash windows for two hours on Oct. 22.

They expected to do it again this fall but bumped up the appearance because of a request from the 296-bed UPMC facility. Their four-hour session was better coordinated this time, reaching more banks of windows and more young patients. Organizers plan to make the visit a twice-yearly event. “If the windows have to be washed, it might as well be done by superheroes,” said Naomi's mother, Anne Kurzweg, 42. Tribune-Review photos from October drew a following of thousands through social media. Michelle Matuizek said the company received around 200 thank-you email messages from around the world.

An observer from Crybaby Media, a New York reality-TV firm, mingled with local journalists to watch the characters rappel from a 12th-floor roof. “It's about the kids and giving the kids an environment where their health and welfare is the focus, but not just from a medical perspective,” Children's facilities director Liz Munsch said. “It gives them something else to enjoy and make it feel less like a hospital.”  Katrina Koenig, 9, of Apollo darted among the windows, taking photos with an iPod as Batman dangled outside with a squeegee. “It's really fun,” she said. “Too bad we couldn't get his autograph on our doctor's excuse,” said her mother, Shawne Koenig, 41.

A team of superheroes turned up at Randall Children’s Hospital on Tuesday. They were suited up and ready to fight grime instead of crime. They conquered 10 stories of glass, showing young patients a super hero can do wonders with a bucket of suds.

The team of window washers-turn-Avengers descended over the edge of the hospital, almost as if they were summoned by each of the smiling souls who waited beyond the glass for help to arrive.

MBS has cleaned Legacy Health hospital windows for 22 years, and workers say there is just something about watching all of the sick kids inside as they climb the building that strikes a chord in them all.

So, they decided this time around to make the process a moment the kids will never forget.

Hospital window washers dress as superheroes for sick kids (PORTLAND, OR) - They may scale great heights almost every day, but a group of local window washers took their superhero-like qualities to a whole new extreme Tuesday. Millennium Building Service workers scaled all nine stories of Randall Children's Hospital dressed as superheroes as way to surprise the kids inside.

MBS has cleaned Legacy Health hospital windows for 22 years, and workers say there is just something about watching all of the sick kids inside as they climb the building that strikes a chord in them all. So, they decided this time around to make the process a moment the kids will never forget. "The kids, they go through a lot, and we figured we would give them something fun to see while they're stuck in the hospital," said MBS employee Jason Kark. "I couldn't even begin to imagine how hard and how difficult it would be in their shoes, my heart goes out to them for the things they are going through," said MBS employee Cean Gibbs.

The team of window washers-turn-Avengers descended over the edge of the hospital, almost as if they were summoned by each of the smiling souls who waited beyond the glass for help to arrive. For many kids, it's a chance to break free from the four walls that surround their hospital bed and to forget the problems that brought them there. After the workers got done washing the windows, some of the kids got a chance to meet the superheroes before they took off. This was the first time MBS has done something like this at the hospital, and organizers say judging by how much the kids loved their costumes, it certainly won't be the last.

Spider-Man window washers scale building near downtown Houston: Spider-Man was washing windows near downtown Houston Friday. SkyEye HD caught it Friday afternoon. A window washing company had its workers dress up as the famous web slinger. They were cleaning the 25-story high rise, the Memorial by Windsor senior tower. The stunt helped bring smiles to the faces of seniors living at the facility.

Superheroes Surprise at Children’s Hospital: AKRON– The kids at Akron Children’s Hospital got a “super” surprise when their favorite comic book character came to life right outside their window.  It had the kids inside grinning from ear to ear. At first glance, some may have said, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Spider-Man? “It was Superman hanging from our walls Friday as well as Spider-Man,” said Lisa Aurilio Vice President of Patient Services and Chief Nursing Officer at Akron Children’s Hospital.  “It took him a minute to get his web untangled, but once he started he was on his way down.”

Spider-Man didn’t come to Akron Children’s Hospital alone. “We have Spider-Man, Wolverine, Batman and Robin; we got Iron-Man and the Hulk,” said Daryl Oehlstrom of American National Skyline Cleaning. The Superheroes were actually window cleaners from American National Skyline Cleaning in Cleveland. “It’s kind of like a dream come true. This is something that we’ve been wanting to do since we started doing the job,” Oehlstrom said. “It makes your day to see their faces light up. It makes your day. To help these kids out and help them through whatever they are going through; it’s a great feeling.”

Spider-Man didn’t come to Akron Children’s Hospital alone.

I guess you can say it was a “super” day for a kid in the hospital, it gave them a chance to be a kid again. “These are the kind of events that really let us heal the spirit of the kids,” Aurilio said. “This is my first time being here and it’s actually kind of cool. I really liked it,” said patient Andrew Sandmann of Akron. Brandon Barnes, who turns 10 on Sunday, got quite a birthday surprise when his favorite Superhero walked into his room and knelt by his bedside. “The Hulk because he is big and he smashes things. That was awesome,” Barnes said. This put more than a smile on these kids faces. It was a moment they won’t soon forget. “It made me feel happy,” added Sandmann. This is the first time the window washers have dressed up like Superheroes to clean the windows at Akron Children’s Hospital.  They hope to do it again in the near future.

Not to be outdone...100 Spidermen climb high rise in China One hundred window cleaners dressed like Spiderman broke the world record from most amount of Spiderman cleaning a high rise at the same time. NBCNews.com's Todd Kenreck reports.

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Window Cleaners Are New Craze In Super Heroes

Grime fighter.

Superheroes wash windows at Lurie Children’s Hospital: Super heroes make spirits fly for some children in the hospital — you could call them “grime fighters!” Window washers from Corporate Cleaning Services showed up at Lurie Children’s Hospital dressed as Captain America, Batman, and Spider-Man. The kids loved it, and so did the workers. They’d never done this before but thought it would be a great way to bring some joy to the kids. The three superheroes cleaned windows on the 11th and 12th floors, ending with the Crown Sky Garden. Superhero window washers have also been spotted at children’s hospitals in Pittsburgh, Memphis and other cities. Click the pictures to enlarge.

Latino Heroes: Window Washers and Super Heroes All in One: When you ask Chicagoans Roberto Duran, Pedro Castro and Alejandro Pantoja what they do for a living be prepared for an answer that will put a smile on your face. Not only are these men window washers, they are also Super Heroes especially to the sick children at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital located in downtown Chicago.  The three men are employed by Corporate Cleaning Services, Chicago’s largest all-union window washing company.  When called to hero duty they don super hero suits and scale the massive structure, squeegee in hand. You would think just scaling the massive skyscraper building would be enough to be considered a hero.

Spider-Man joined forces with High-Rise Window Cleaning to take on the force of evil known as dirty windows, and brought some much-needed smiles to sick children in the process.

Afterwards, he scaled over to the windows of several patients who were too sick to join the others in the playroom.

After rappelling down the roof, the webbed hero began his grime-fighting duties by cleaning the windows outside a kid-filled playroom on the 8th floor of the hospital.

Rob Powers , who has worked at High-Rise Window Cleaning for more than 10 years, will go back to being a mild-mannered window cleaner tomorrow, but says the smiles he brought to St. Joseph's Children's Hospital today is something he'll never forget.

Spider Man swoops in to visit kids in St. Joseph's Children's Hospital: Tampa, Florida -- For a dozen of Tampa Bay's sickest children, something super was about to swoop in. Eight stories up Thursday, kids from St. Joseph's Children's Hospital -- used to visits from doctor after doctor and nurse after nurse -- got to marvel at their friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. In his red-and-blue suit, the superhero rappelled down from the main hospital's roof and smiled as he lowered himself to a ledge right outside a big playroom window. Smiling back were kids like Nicholas, who just got out of ICU for the first time in days. And Cedric, who grabbed a marker to make a sign -- "GO SPIDERMAN!" 

Shelia Keller arranged to have this seemingly ordinary, mild-mannered man with a window washing business show off his secret super power -- the power to help these kids smile. "It changes the healing environment," said Keller, a manager on the hospital's Environmental Services team. "Being happy, smiling, and laughing is such a healing thing for our families." Spider-Man wouldn't reveal his true identity to us. He would say he's originally from Connecticut and has been washing windows for 29 years. "And I've been called Spider-Man for almost 29 years, even before I put the suit on. Just 'cause people see me rappelling down, they're like, 'Wow, that's cool!'" the superhero said.

Spider-Man's Uncle Ben told him, "With great power comes great responsibility." His power is having the guts to work high on a ledge with a smile so big it practically shows through his suit. His responsibility, he says, is to honor the real heroes -- the truly brave children, their families, and the people who care for them. "It's worth it," he said. "They're worth it, seeing their smiles."

Clearwater Spider-Man Featured On NBC Nightly News: Jon Powers of Clearwater, a window washer who dresses up as Spider-Man, is in the national spotlight for good deeds. It turns out that Spider-Man lives in Clearwater. If you've driven past All Children's Hospital in St. Pete, you might have noticed Spider-Man crawling along the building's windows. Sorry to bust Spider-Man's identity, but this isn't Peter Parker, but he is sure a hero. NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams featured on Monday night's broadcast Spider-Man, who is Jon Powers of Clearwater, a window washer of High Rise Window Cleaning who uses ingenuity and bravery and maybe even some Spidey senses.

The piece was part of the Making a Difference features which showcases remarkable deeds people do out of kindness. "I make kids smile," Powers told NBC. "They make me smile." Powers is a part of a team of other window washers, who have teamed up as a Justice League of sorts, mixed with The Avengers, featuring Captain America, Superman and Batman taking to the windows at All Children's Hospitals in St. Pete, Fort Myers and other children's hospitals around the country, NBC reported.

"When they see me work with the suction cup, you can actually go along the building and get a lot of windows," Powers told NBC in its Web-only extra. "That's what gives the illusion of Spiderman when moving around, it looks like we're just grabbing on." Holly Ott, a Childlife Care Coordinator for the hospital, told NBC that the kids love Spider-Man. "It's not everyday you see an iconic legend like Spider-Man climbing up your window," Ott told NBC.

Super heroes brighten sick kids' days: If one clings to the side of a building for a living, why not let an alter ego make a child's day? At All-Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. - which cares for more than 200 kids -everything changed one day when superheroes came from the sky to chase away the fear and sadness that come with being sick. "It was really cool and exciting." Kaiden DeGroat, 7, who loves Spiderman, was there that day for treatment, and suddenly felt a whole lot better seeing his hero in person. "Usually you only see him in movies, but seeing him in real life is just really cool!" he exclaimed. 

At children's hospitals around the country, they start at the roof and rappel the walls. Window washers dressed as super-heroes -doing their part to make kids feel better. In Memphis, it was two Spidermen and Captain America. In Charlotte, there were four of them. In Ft. Myers, it was a dynamic trio... and at Christmas time, Santa and his elves came to clean, and to wave at the kids inside. 

For the children it was magic...and very good medicine. "Absolutely, any time we have the opportunity to help kids feel more positive, it really benefits their healing," said Childlife Clinical Coordinator Holly Ott. When asked why he was glad he did it, Window Washer answered: "'Cause I know I made their day a little better, and they made my day a little better." Powers, of High-Rise Window Cleaning in Clearwater, Fla., returned to his regular clothes after his day in costume. He will never forget the girl without hair who peered back at him through her hospital window. "She just had the biggest smile ever when I came down that wall and tapped on the window. That's the best part of the day, right there," he said. Superheroes - all of them - in real life.

DES MOINES — Quad-City Times reporters and photographers won three first-place awards for their work Friday from the Iowa Associated Press Managing Editors organization. Staff members also won two first-place awards in the Iowa Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contests. Photographer Larry Fisher won first place in business photos for “Spider-Man at work,” a set of photos of a window washer dressed as Spider-Man.

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Social media is tangled up in Spider-Man's web as a tiny version of the superhero surprised President Obama at the White House. In the now-viral image, a small boy dressed as Spider-Man is seen slinging an imaginary web in President Obama's direction. During the "invasion" Obama threw his hands in the air and winced back as the miniature Spidey stared him down.