• I just love all these comments about my son and his special day. Thank you all. Many of the comments are profound and shift my steriotypical view. I love you all.

• I've read this over and over, and this is so freaking AWESOME that I cannot think of words to describe it that would even come close to adequately giving this event justice. That's it, my next donation to charity is going to MaW. Period.

• If you want to see more and show your support for Electron Boy, join "Fans of Electron Boy". His family reads him the posts everyday. It has been amazing for Erik's family and friends of the family to see him inspiring the world as he is. Electron Boy - Yeah, I believe!

• Makes me proud to live there...

• Dude I'm 6'5", bearded, heavily tattooed, motorcycle riding wall of nerd. And I'm crying my eyes out at this. You don't have to be a wimp to tear up over Electron Boy and his awesome adventure.

• Oh yeah, DMC was part of it too. Their Fbook page also had a link to the story. :D

• Oh yeah, DMC was part of it too. Their Fbook page also had a link to the story. :D

• Crying. my. eyes. out. This story truly warms the cockles of my cold, bitter heart. Amazing.

• I really hope Lee and Ditko get to hear about this. It would kind of make up for some of the lousy stuff S-M has been dragged through lately. This is more the kind of thing they had in mind.

• Oh god, I was doing fine until I read that sentence. That was absolutely awesomeheartwarmingandheartcrushing.

• Awesome. Wonderfully, amazingly, ridiculously, brilliantly, AWESOME.

• Electron Boy, you rock! From everyone here in the UK who is thrilled to see you living the dream of being a Superhero.

• this is one of those situations that completely and utterly justifies my faith in humanity.

• The actual edited news stories that ran in the evening aren't posted for some odd reason. The villains were pretty sweet, too!

• A native Seattle-ite here. I work at the Starbucks at Seattle Center (big touristy area where the Space Needle is) and saw the big finale. We all thought it was for some live-action kids show at first or some promo for the center. It was schmaltzy, corny, and the detour was hell on traffic. We made jokes andtThen we found out what it was for...so for the rest of the week we were all Electron Boy nutcases, describing in graphic novel detail the great event. Also big charity bucket for MaW. Seattle: The weather's crap, the traffic and roads suck, and everything is overpriced. But damn, I love this city.

• Amazing. Just...wow. Anyone got a tissue? *sniffle*

• seriously, this makes up for all those soul-crushing FFFs that makes me want to summon R'yleh out of the depths and unleashed Cthulhu on all humanity. i nearly bawled at this act of kindness for this young nerdling, proving that humanity is, in fact, not lost at all. i shall stow away my copy of the Necronomicon and go celebrate with a hearty good cheer. at least, until next friday anyway...

• Inspiring...

• That was wonderful.

• Go Electron Boy!

• He would. So much.

• Totally. I read the news, cried, finally stopped - but reading all these comments just made me cry all over again... Really: the news and all of these comments just made me swell with pride of being a nerd.

• Hahahahhahaha, indeed! FINALLY something that made YOU teary eyed! About godddamn time... if that hadn't done, I don't know what would've...

• I would have been SO PISSED if my commute was blocked because of this. And then, when I found out why, I would have felt like the biggest douche ever. So, good thing I'm over on this coast, then.

• Thanks for posting those. Has anyone found a video of the part after saving the soccer team?

• Batman would kick your ass for posting that...

• Great - finally stopped crying and then you posted that. Round two...

• Lost my Dad unexpectedly last Saturday. Went off line the whole week. Saw this on the Seattle Times site the first day I logged back on....still makes me tear up every new place I find it.

• "Truly, there are a great many superheroes in Seattle right now." Nu-uh! You have to have superpowers to be a super hero. Unless you're Batman.

• I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post this...but a Facebook Fan Group was made for this kid. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=113174135389294&ref=search&sid=716617386.53713055..1&v=info#!/group.php?gid=113174135389294 Just a small way we can show our support. :)

• There's no other explanation other than something wrong with her, which may or may not be related to the whole "Space Crack" thing. There are spoilers about what will happen to her over the next few episodes on Karen's IMDB page if you want to read about where this is supposedly going.

• Thank you Make a Wish foundation for having hearts and doing such wonderful things for sick children. This is beautiful, and not just because it's so nerdy - because so many people chipped in to help out with this. God bless you all.

• I'm bawling my eyes out. This redefines the word "amazing"!

• WIN x infinity!

• Rml won't believe it, but even I am crying over this! I wish we had more such news nowadays. I think I'll be sending our main TV networks an email about this story... Awesome! I hope one day I can do something like that for someone too!

• Wow. This story makes my day! The Bellevue PD are some top notch men and women. Kudos to everyone who made this happen!

• My nerdy little heart grew three sizes today.

• You need a new tag: Positive Acts Of Nerdery. It's high time the world knew that there's more to being a Geek than petty snarking and obsessive nitpicking (and noone needs this reminder more than we Geeks ourselves).

• Damn it, I'm still crying my eyes out... Indeed, everyone involved in this is a hero, and they're just the kind of people that help us believe in the human race as a whole. No way I'm gonna read something as amazing as this. I've never been prouder of being a nerd.

• Yes sir, those quarterlies will be finshed this afternoon. No sir, I'm not crying, my allergies are acting up. Curse you Electron Boy! My new boss now thinks I'm cracking...

• I think the most telling thing here is that we're up around 50 replies already, and there's no snark to be found. It's good to remember sometimes that we're not all the jaded assholes that we like to think we are, and that there really is good left in the world.

• Have to try not to tear up, since i'm at work, but i think i'm losing. ;_; what wonderful people!

• If anyone read the article and smile didn't appear on their face, they clearly had no soul.

• Moonshine Maid drives a DeLorean? And what exactly are her moonshine powers? I think I have a new super-hero crush.

• Add me to the list of guys who teared up, great story.

• Absolutely amazing. This is one of the best things I have ever read about on this site, Rob. An Awesome job by an amazing group of people.

• I'm seriously crying my eyes out right now. This shakes me to my core. I'm a Trekkie; when it comes to having a better world, I've done what little I can to pitch in and had to have faith that it will come someday, probably after I'm gone. But this, proof that people can go so beyond common decency TODAY, in this modern world? I can't help but sob. Humanity is BEAUTIFUL! I have finally have evidence that people are as--MORE--amazing than I believed. Don't ask why this struck me out of all the nice things that anyone's ever done. Maybe it's because it's superheroes, I don't know. But I am bawling here. Humanity is incredible.

• That is truly gorgeous.

• Thank you, city of heroes!

• Damn if i was a kid i'd just be thrilled with the DeLorean. Hell i'm 26 and i'd still be thrilled with the ride in a DeLorean. M-a-W can most certainly get a couple of my bucks. Their awesome quotient is off the scale.

• Simply amazing, I teared up a bit

• How incredibly well planned and amazing the kid got to foil 3 plots in one day. This is why I would donate lots of money to make a wish if I ever won the lottery. The kid said it was the best day of his life and I imagine and hope that all involved feel the same! Electron-Boy FTW! Excelsior!

• I.... I'm awe struck.

• Wow..just, wow.

• This is so cool! And that is amazing that all those people came to help out. Way to go, Seattle, you're awesome!

• Damnit, how can I uphold my reputation as a mean old son of a bitch when you post articles like this that make me tear up?

• i just finished the long version. I ... I think I have something in my eye. *sniff*

• A truly awesome story. Kudos to everyone who took part in this event. That kid had the best day of his life and the everyday heroes who made this possible are the greatest. I too got choked up while reading this. A nice way to know that people still care, even if we don't see it all the time.

• "This is the best day of my life." I think that's probably the best day of all possible lives.

• More and more people turn off the news each day because they find it depressing. If there were more heart felt stories like this I think everyone would be tuning into the news again. CNN if you are reading this I want you to know that this is the story to feature, not that crap about Avatar idiots suffering from depression.

• beautiful story. thanks for sharing it.

• They made an Electron Boy day, haha!

• Speaking of that episode, what the hell was with the ending? That surprised the hell out of me. I won't spoil it for anyone reading but I felt it was pretty out of character for Amy and I didn't like it. It was an okay idea, terribly executed.

• Yep, defiantly got a little choked up. This so mind-blowingly amazing...

• What an inspiring story - thanks for the wonderful link!

• I'd read more but I suddenly have something in both my eyes. If you'd excuse me...

• Epic.

• That's pretty damn awesome, though I didn't tear up at this story like I did last night when Amy begged the Doctor not to leave her in the forest. Also, what's going to happen when one of these kids gets too into the act and whacks one of the "bad guys" in the throat with his/her "lightning rod?" Twelve, thirteen years old, dressed in spandex and with a crowd cheering for you? It's gonna happen sooner or later. . . teens and "tweens" (shudder) aren't known for self-control.

• Very, very, very awesome.

• I got all verklempt!

• Man, I thought I was a wimp for tearing up. I'm glad it's not just me. This is just heartwarming.

• This made me proud to be a Seattleite. Here are some videos from the local news... http://bellevue.komonews.com/content/bellevue-child-transformed-superhero http://www.king5.com/home/Bellevue-boy-becomes-superhero-thanks-to-Make-A-Wish-92453549.html

• That is I think the best thing I'm going to read this week.

• This is the best gift a nerd who is fighting cancer could ever ask for I have renewed my faith in humanity .

• aint gonna lie, I'm still crying.

• ...cried buckets...

• What a huge thing to do for someone. People of Bellevue and Seattle, you rock my socks off. Electron Boy - you are super-awesome!

• Thanks for linking to this, bud. Brought a tear to my eye. It's easy to forget sometimes that people out there are willing to do these kinds of things just to make someone happy. Faith in humanity: restored.

• Put me down as a crier too. That's so amazing.

• That's such a great thing to do for someone.... I'm lost for words. It must have blown the kid's mind.

• I don't know about you guys but I'm sending this article to everyone I know. This needs to be shared.

• Pretty cool.

• This is just amazing. I definitely have a couple of tears of 'oh my gods that is wonderful and sweet and beautiful and nerdy to boot' rolling down.

• 100% Awesome. I'm still crying. Thanks for sharing this! Way to go Make-a-Wish, and everyone involved.

• It's kinda like a real-life version of 'The Boy who Collects Spider-Man'. But better on so many levels.

• This is every single kind of awesome ever.

• The M-a-W Foundation is one of my favourite charities, and this type of thing shows exactly why. Awesome stuff, and kudos to all involved.

• Everyone involved in this is an absolute legend. That is all.

• Wow. I'm not ashamed to say that I got choked up as I read it. That's just... Awesome. Pure awesomeness, and a most impressive act of nerdery.

• This is seriously one of those things that gives you faith in the human race. I teared up just at Rob's post about it, can't wait to read the whole article.

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