Our passion at CBM may be movies about comic books, but that passion ultimately stems from our love of the heroic ideal and of the concept of humans with extraordinary abilities. The best, truest superheroes are the ones who put the lives of others before their own and who do so without the expectation of fame or compensation.
As such, I felt compelled to bring you this true story of a real superhero, complete with danger, feats of superhuman strength, and the selflessness that only a true hero possesses!
From the Staten Island Advance:
Friday, January 29, 2010
By KIAWANA RICH, ADVANCE STAFF WRITER
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Forget Smallville: A daring rescue at the scene of a West Brighton accident last night suggests the Man of Steel lives somewhere on Staten Island.
Homeward-bound Anthony Aceto, 37, of Grasmere, said he turned onto Bard Avenue from Clove Road and was confronted by the sight of a capsized minivan, with a woman trapped inside.
And he saw something else: A man prying open the sunroof with his bare hands to get the woman to safety.
"When I pulled up, it looked like an action movie and there was a superhero on top of the car trying to get the lady out," said Aceto.
"(She) was screaming and she was hysterical," he said. "The guy saved the lady. He pried open the sunroof and got her out of there."
Aceto said the Good Samaritan was actually bending the steering wheel so the woman could free her legs.
"He really put himself at risk, because there was sparks and gasoline all over the place. It was really, really crazy," he said. Aceto said the woman seemed fine but was taken to the hospital, likely as a precaution.
He described the rescuer as in his late 30s: "He was a good-looking Irish guy."
Aceto said he talked briefly with the man, who told him he lives on the Island and is an ironworker. And like any good superhero, the man split, without taking his richly deserved bow. If the Good Samaritan is reading this, he should give us a call and reveal his identity.
Wherever you are Good Samaritan, we here at CBM salute you!