{"id":6682,"date":"2011-03-09T23:04:08","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T07:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.reallifesuperheroes.org\/?p=6682"},"modified":"2011-03-09T23:04:08","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T07:04:08","slug":"real-life-superheroes-patrol-our-city-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/2011\/03\/09\/real-life-superheroes-patrol-our-city-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Life Superheroes Patrol Our City Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally posted: http:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/i\/real-life-superheroes-patrol-our-city-streets<\/a>
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\nBy Mark Berman Opposing Views<\/a><\/p>\n

(2 Hours Ago) in Society<\/a><\/div>\n

The next time you need help, you may get it from a real life superhero. A group of people calling themselves, oddly enough, the Real Life Superhero Project takes to the streets of U.S. cities, helping out the needy.
\nPeople<\/em> magazine reports that members want to reduce\u00a0citizen apathy by exhibiting\u00a0“superhero” virtues and encourage others to do the same.
\nThe group’s Web site writes:
\nSo who are these modern day heroes? They are our neighbors, our friends, our family members. They are artists, musicians, athletes, and yes, politicians. Their actions serve as reminders that as most giving today has become reactive\u2014digital and removed, temporarily soothing our guilt and feelings of helplessness\u2014we have blinded ourselves to simple principles and practice of compassion and goodwill.<\/em>
\nAccording to a report in the Daily Mail<\/em>, 21-year-old\u00a0Irene Thomas is one of them. By day she is a self-described “boring accountant” in New Jersey. At night she is “Nyx,” patrolling the streets of New York City wearing\u00a0a black catsuit and mask with a red belt, gloves and boots.
\nShe gives\u00a0food and clothes to the homeless, and hopes “other people notice and are maybe motivated to help too.”
\nNew York production manager Chaim Lazaros’s alter-ego is “Life,” wearing\u00a0a black hat, mask and waistcoat.
\n\u2018I just feel like I\u2019m walking on air after I\u2019ve helped 30 people,\u2019 he told People.<\/em>
\nThe ninja-like “Motor Mouth” calls San Francisco home. He generally gets a positive response, but one teenage homeless girl smirked when he handed her a bag of food.
\n“(I don\u2019t mind) if a million people snickering behind my back as long as there is the possibility to help,” he said. He added,\u00a0“if you live this kind of life, you can\u2019t take yourself entirely seriously.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Originally posted: http:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/i\/real-life-superheroes-patrol-our-city-streets By Mark Berman Opposing Views (2 Hours Ago) in Society The next time you need help, you may get it from a real life superhero. A group of people calling themselves, oddly enough, the Real Life Superhero Project takes to the streets of U.S. cities, helping out the needy. People magazine reports […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[490,1293,1508,1747,1761,1830,1840,1841,1902,2003,2181,2305,2548],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6682"}],"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=6682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6682\/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=6682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}