Cops in Superhero Costumes Found the Best Way to Surprise Sick Kids

Children in an Aurora, Colo. hospital got a surprise Wednesday evening when they looked out their windows and saw Superman waving to them.

A police SWAT team in Aurora dressed up as a group of superheroes—including Batman, Spider-Man, Wolverine and Captain America—and rappelled down the sides of Children’s Hospital to visit the young patients’ windows.

According to a Facebook post by the police department, this is the second year the cops have done this and they enjoy “bringing smiles to everyone’s faces, even their own!”

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