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Texas A&M: Superman inspires San Antonio cop to become real-life hero.

Publication: The America's Intelligence Wire

Publication Date: 27-JUN-06
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COPYRIGHT 2006 Financial Times Ltd.

(From University Wire)

Byline: Jason Deuterman

From the age of nine, the "Man of Steel" filled Christopher Arroyo's dreams. It was from reading comic strips and watching cartoons that Superman became the role model that Arroyo looked up to, although his peers all wanted to be the "Dark Knight." "Everyone wanted to be Batman, but I wanted to be Superman," Arroyo said.

It's true that a single man will never be faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive or able to leap over tall buildings in a single bound. But perhaps, even without superpowers, a person can soar to great heights, filling the hearts of people with truth and justice and taking away pain and fear, leaving behind only hope. A hero must answer the call of the public voice without hesitation, and it is amid the San Antonio Police Department that such a hero works.

It was Arroyo's...

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