I thought it was a cruel joke someone was trying to play when I heard it in Port Jeuno.
"Superman is dead people, Christopher Reeve just died"
I shrugged it off as another childish prank, but it haunted me in my dreams, the very idea waking me up every few hours, making me want to check, but my lack of sleep made me shrug it off.
Then I get back home from a daily routine, turn on the TV, and Diane Sawyer spells it out for me. He's dead now...
Her words, "He had superhuman strength on screen, but that didn't compare to his fight in real life"
This man, this hero fought valiantly against all the narrowminded naysayers.
"It's not a matter of taking human life, it's about taking cells and saving lives"
I cry now knowing that he never got his chance to walk again.