{"id":6670,"date":"2011-03-09T20:11:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T04:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.reallifesuperheroes.org\/?p=6670"},"modified":"2011-03-09T20:11:24","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T04:11:24","slug":"meet-nyx-the-21-year-old-superhero-accountant-who-dons-a-black-catsuit-at-night-to-patrol-the-streets-and-help-the-homeless9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/2011\/03\/09\/meet-nyx-the-21-year-old-superhero-accountant-who-dons-a-black-catsuit-at-night-to-patrol-the-streets-and-help-the-homeless9\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet 'Nyx': The 21-year-old 'Superhero' accountant who dons a black catsuit at night to patrol the streets and help the homeless9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally posted: http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1364664\/The-superheroes-patrol-streets-help-needy.html<\/a>
\nBy Mark Duell<\/a>
\nIrene Thomas is part of the Real Life Superhero Project organisation<\/strong>
\nThey aim to bring help, compassion and crime prevention to the streets<\/strong>
\nBy day Irene Thomas says she is a ‘boring’ accountant who lives in a cramped New Jersey flat.
\nBy night she puts on a black catsuit and mask with a red belt, gloves and boots, gets into her Honda Accord car and comes out the other side of the Lincoln Tunnel in Manhattan as \u2018Nyx\u2019.
\nThe 21-year-old is just one member of the Real Life Superhero Project, a group of humans who aim to bring a helping hand to people everywhere and thwart crime on city streets.
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‘Nyx’: Irene Thomas, 21, of New Jersey, is far from a ‘boring’ accountant when she puts on a black catsuit and mask with a red belt, gloves and boots to become a New York superhero<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Photo by Peter Tangen<\/p><\/div>\n

Mission: The Real Life Superhero Project aims to bring a helping hand to people everywhere and thwart crime<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Most superheroes in the project want to cut down citizen apathy by modelling \u2018superhero\u2019 virtues and encourage others to do the same, reported People magazine.
\nNyx, who shares her name with the Greek goddess of night, gives food and clothes to the homeless of New York. She hopes \u2018other people notice and are maybe motivated to help too\u2019.
\nShe said on the Real Life Superheroes website: ‘Like the night, I cannot be proven or disproven to certain degrees – and also much like the night, when morning comes, there will be no trace of me.’
\nProduction manager Chaim Lazaros, 26, dons a black hat, mask and waistcoat to become \u2018Life\u2019 when he patrols the New York streets by night.
\n\u2018I just feel like I\u2019m walking on air after I\u2019ve helped 30 people,\u2019 he told People magazine.
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‘Motor Mouth’: The ninja-like San Francisco superhero, who is known only as a 30-year-old teacher and will not reveal his identity, told People magazine: ‘If you live this kind of life, you can’t take yourself entirely seriously’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many homeless and vulnerable people are pleased to receive the superheroes\u2019 help, but the reaction is not always positive.
\nOne teenage homeless girl in San Francisco smirked when ninja-like ‘Motor Mouth’ handed her a bag of food, but this did not worry him.
\n\u2018(I don\u2019t mind) a million people snickering behind my back as long as there is the possibility to help,\u2019 he said.
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Other stars: Samaritan joins New York superheroes Dark Guardian and Phantom Zero on the streets<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2018If you live this kind of life, you can\u2019t take yourself entirely seriously,’ he added.
\nMotor Mouth won\u2019t reveal his true identity but said he is a 30-year-old teacher.
\nMany of those involved in the project are believed to be comic-book geeks.
\nOther New York superheroes include martial arts instructor Dark Guardian, 22, 34-year-old computer technician Phantom Zero, and Samaritan, who lives and works in the city.
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Phoenix Jones: The 22-year-old from Seattle is one of America’s most famous ‘superheroes’ and claims to have broken up knife fights, caught drug dealers and been stabbed in the line of duty<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of America\u2019s most famous \u2018superheroes\u2019 is Seattle-based Phoenix Jones, 22, who claims to have broken up knife fights, caught drug dealers and been stabbed.
\nHe is part of a group called the Rain City Superhero Movement, which tries to keep the streets safe and has received the backing of the Seattle police department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily Mail UK recaps People Magazine article on Real Life Superheroes and Nyx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[490,690,1293,1508,1514,1747,1840,1902,2031,2041,2172,2181,2293,2305,2338,2341],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}