This photo made the rounds at Tumblr last week, starting with a December post by theboywonder-. (Note: That link won’t work on some systems because technically, ending a hostname with a hyphen isn’t valid.) The poster explains:
Story behind this: Kid had lost his dad in the crowd, freaked out until he saw Flash and Wonderwoman, went up to Flash to ask for help because he knows him.
I saw @Ragnell’s tweet about her repost of the photo on Tuesday, retweeted it, and had a bit of discussion about it. Lia recognized the Flash as a poster who goes by the name AnthonyFlash on /co/, and added that he “seems embarrasssed by how much people love that photo.” That was it for the rest of the week until it hit @toptweets on Friday and just exploded.
That was kind of weird, waking up to hundreds of retweets and replies on Saturday morning!
That’s awesome! Looks like AnthonyFlash has become a real-life superhero.
And that’s what Superheroes are all about!
I had seen the picture (and awwwwed at the cuteness)but I honestly doubted the story. I figured it was made up and tacked onto the pictures. What can I say, the internet has made me a skeptic.
It is fantastic that the story is true. That just made my day.
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First time I heard the story–that’s how out of it I am! Who is the lady in the Wonder Woman costume? My eyes went to her first and the kid third.
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Here’s the first /co/ thread archived (I don’t think any of AnthonyFlash’s other threads have been archived, unfortunately). He was a bit of a celebrity for a while.
WARNING: THERE ARE VERY NSFW IMAGES INCLUDED ON THE PAGE. DO NOT CLICK WHILE AT WORK, IN FRONT OF YOUR KIDS, MOM, ETC.
http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/dspl_thread.php5?thread_id=14277521
You sent people to 4chan. Hahaha. That’s awesome.
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Hey, there’s a warning and everything
Um did the kid get reunited with his parents?
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Yes, Anthony said they found his dad.