Batkid

[1] Batkid took part in staged events including several crime scenarios, and received the key to the city from San Francisco mayor Ed Lee.

"This wish has meant closure for our family and an end to over three years of putting toxic drugs in our son's body," she said on the Make-A-Wish site.

"[8] Organized by the Make-A-Wish Foundation,[9] the San Francisco Greater Bay Area chapter,[10][11] the event was aided throughout by a social media plan created by a marketing agency.

[12] The chapter sent out an email a month prior to the event asking for supporters, initially hoping for just several hundred people to be a part of the closing ceremony.

[14][15] He left Union Square in a 'Batmobile' with police escort,[14] and soon was on the scene of a damsel in distress, who was tied up on the train tracks of the San Francisco historic cable cars in the Russian Hill neighborhood.

[2] Following the capture of The Riddler, the crime-fighting duo refueled for lunch at Burger Bar in San Francisco's Union Square, as thousands filled the area to show support.

[18] His final adventure was presented to him by a flash mob dance performance of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'," which directed him to chase after another villain, The Penguin, who drove out of the Union Square car garage with the San Francisco Giants' mascot Lou Seal tied up in a convertible Bentley.

The Penguin's car took off along the streets of San Francisco, followed in pursuit by Batman and Batkid in their Bat-Lamborghinis, en route to AT&T Park.

Batkid freed Lou Seal and Batman chased The Penguin, ultimately capturing him and handing him over to officers from the San Francisco Police Department.

[16] Batkid: The Official Make-A-Wish Story is a ten-minute video written, produced and directed by John Crane Films located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

John Crane also served as Executive Producer for Batkid Begins which used his written segments and footage extensively and was purchased by Warner Brothers.

[24] Mashable also announced that Batkid was discussed in a total of 117 countries, and the news reached somewhere between 750 million-1.7 billion people worldwide, according to social-media agency Clever Girls.

[26] The San Francisco Chronicle as the Gotham City Chronicle released a special edition paper in honor of the events with the headline "Batkid Saves City," and articles written by fictional Batman-related journalists Clark Kent (Superman's alter ego) and Lois Lane (his journalism partner and sometimes love interest).

[31] On April 8, 2014, Miles Scott, dressed as Batkid, threw the ceremonial first pitch to Matt Cain at the Giants' 2014 home opener.