A Good Samaritan wearing a Spider-Man costume was captured on video leaping out of his vehicle to help a man in a wheelchair cross a busy intersection in Arkansas in a moment that has gone viral.The heartwarming scene was filmed by traffic cameras on Tuesday after Christopher Hellenthal, 20, said he clocked out of work at a trampoline park in Jonesboro."That morning we had a superhero day and so I brought it for the toddlers and they had a blast," Hellenthal said about the Spider-Man costume."And whenever I got off work and clocked out, I was actually just going to head into town and just kind of drive around with the suit.
And I noticed that there was this man, and he was in a wheelchair, and he was having a lot of trouble, he wasn’t going to make it.""But I just got out real fast, and I just helped him along, adrenaline pumping through me.I just told the man, I said, ‘don’t worry I got you,’ and I guess he understood, and I got him to a safe spot, and I made it back to my vehicle and just drove off," he added.CRUISE PASSENGER HAILED AS HERO AFTER JUMPING INTO WATER TO SAVE 84-YEAR-OLD MANChristopher Hellenthal, 20, who is dressed in a Spider-Man costume, is seen in Jonesboro, Ark., helping a man in a wheelchair cross a busy intersection.
(Jonesboro Police Department/TMX/AP)"I would have done it with or without the suit," Hellenthal also said.The moment was shared on the Facebook page of the Jonesboro Police Department, which called Hellenthal a "true superhero.""We were able to spot this little web of kindness on our intersection cameras.Thank you, sir, for helping this gentleman reach his destination safely," police said.Sally Smith, a police department spokesperson, told The Associated Press that "Not in my 7 years in the department have I witnessed this."'PRO-LIFE SPIDERMAN' SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR CLIMBING LAS VEGAS SPHEREHellenthal said he would have helped the man "with or without the suit." (Jonesboro Police Department/TMX/AP)Hellenthal, who live...