A dad-of-two dubbed the ‘real life spiderman’ scaled a 50ft fairground attraction to save a terrified little boy who had become trapped at the top. Jason Baird, 36, said he'd leapt to the aid of the panicking child after noticing him almost fall off the open-sided helter-skelter slide.
The 16-time karate world champion got the name ‘The Stockport Spiderman’ after he completed three marathons in 24 hours dressed as the superhero during lockdown. And he put his skills to use when he saw the boy “holding on for dear life”, while his mum shrieked: “He's going to fall!”
Jason, who was on a family day out at the time, charged up the front of the slide to reach the boy before staff had recognised his impending danger. Jason then brought the “hysterical” child back down to the bottom, where his relieved mum thanked him warmly with a kiss.
