

The lesson of friendship seemed to stick with the children. There, Asbury told Lydia's classmates that she was his "very best friend." So she grabbed my hand and led me in," Asbury says.Īs Lydia brought Batman into her classroom, he says that other kids stood in a bit of shocked silence, while others yelled, "Batman!"

"I asked if I could walk her and if she could show me the way.

28 dressed as the Dark Knight, which he admits can be a bit intimidating for young children. "Īsbury, who works as an EMT when he's not visiting children in the community who need a little cheering up, arrived outside Lydia's school on Aug. I knew she liked superheroes, so I asked if I could walk her to school. "I saw her post on Facebook about Lydia having a hard time.

"Lydia's mother and I have been friends for a bit," says Jack Asbury III, who revealed his secret identity to Yahoo Lifestyle. The mom reported the incidents to her daughter's school, but little was changed, so she aired her frustration on social media, where the hero of Spring Hill took notice. Where she was once bright and bubbly, she noticed that Lydia’s behavior was changing, and she even started to get violent with Calculli. "She told me that a bunch of girls and one boy hit her, and a girl threw a shoe at her eye," Calculli said.Īccording to Calculli, the bullying caused changes in her daughter's temperament. The Batman of Spring Hill, Jack Asbury III, walked a bullied three-year-old to her preschool and told her classmates that she was his "very best friend." (Photo: Facebook)
