The Wall Street Journal reports today that “Bat Kid,” the 5-year-old who saved San Francisco yesterday with the help of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, inspired a flood of 78,000 tweets, including tweets from the president and first lady.
There were 78,000 tweets Friday about a kid playing Batman, including one from President Obama. http://t.co/7JSk3PYZvh #SFBatKid
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) November 16, 2013
Still so #psyched about all #SFBatKid tweets. #heartwarming RT @WSJ 78,000 tweets Friday about a kid playing Batman http://t.co/5iHeQjY7WQ
— Josh Fialkoff (@JoshFialkoff) November 16, 2013
Love this RT @WSJ: There were 78,000 tweets Friday about a kid playing Batman, including one from President Obama. http://t.co/YayNyi9YL7
— Sean Maloney (@bocvpr) November 17, 2013
And here's one more RT @WSJ: There were 78,000 tweets Friday about a kid playing Batman, including one from Obama. http://t.co/08Wo2z78Up
— Kevin Flower (@KMFlower) November 16, 2013
@WSJ @MakeAWish We need more stories like this in the news! ???
— Danielle✨ (@Danielle0421) November 16, 2013
https://twitter.com/DanaCassidy5/status/401818029442740224
What a great pic of #batkid pic.twitter.com/1NjBsL71Mb
— Mr B! (@MrBell74) November 16, 2013
Of all of those tens of thousands of tweets, though, the best might be from the actor who was chosen to play the next Batman: Ben Affleck.
Batkid. Best Batman ever. #SFBatKid #MakeAWish @SFWish
— Ben Affleck (@BenAffleck) November 16, 2013
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