Real Life 'Spider-Man' Saves Terrified Boy Stuck Up 50ft-High Fairground Slide

A man dressed as Spider-Man saved a trapped four-year-old boy, becoming his kind of superhero.

Jason Baird, a martial arts instructor, was recognized by the royal family last year for entertaining children who were being held captive. This led to a conversation with Kate Middleton and a Christmas card from Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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Jason was called the "Stockport Spider-Man" two years ago after performing tricks in costume, but it was the Geronimo family festival in Arley Hall, Cheshire on Sunday when his bravery was most apparent.

According to the Manchester Evening News, a four-year-old boy started to worry while stranded near the top of a 50-foot "Helter skelter" slide. He furiously struggled to climb up the slide as other kids got ready to follow him down.

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Jason from Reddish, a father who was not wearing a costume, came up to the boy when he was in need, picked him up in his arms while he was still sobbing, and then slid back down to safety.

Jason told the M.E.N: "Honestly, anybody would have done what I did.”

"I was just on a day out with my family. We were waiting for a ride and we saw a little lad at the top of the helter-skelter ride, standing up. He had slid down maybe five or six feet but then had stood up and started to climb back up.”

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"He was right on the edge maybe 50 or 60ft in the air. I don't think his parents even saw it at the time. He was scared and trying to get back up but another little girl had already set off and bumped into him.”

"It was as if he was going to fall over the side and it was a 50 or 60ft drop over the side."

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He continued: "The mother then saw what was happening and was getting irate and saying 'my little boy is up there and he's going to fall'. The guy who was running was walking up the stairs but there was a queue of kids.”

"I left my lad and ran up the slide and got to the top. When I got to him he was crying his eyes out. He must have been about four years of age. I picked him up and turned him around and said 'weee, here we go.' I tried to make it fun for him. I was met at the bottom by his mum.”

"It was just a spur-of-the-moment thing. Anybody would have done the same. God forbid, another 20 or 30 seconds and he could have gone over because other kids were sliding down and he would have fallen."

One of the 100 final photos for the Duchess of Cambridge's "Hold Still" project, a collection of images capturing an overall snapshot of the UK under lockdown, has a picture of Jason in the air in the middle of a somersault.