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'Spider-Man' to the rescue

A Thai fireman turned superhero when he dressed up as comic-book character Spider-Man to coax a frightened 8-year-old from a balcony, police said yesterday.

Teachers at a special needs school in Bangkok alerted authorities on Monday when an autistic pupil, scared of attending his first day at school, sat out on the third-floor ledge and refused to come inside, a police sergeant said.