I’m sure most of us have been in a situation where a superhero’s assistance would really come in handy.

In this story, a caped crusader really does save the day.

Let’s see how.

That time I got to see Captain America save the day!

I used to work retail at a Mom and Pop costume store.

We had this family who were regular customers and would come in every year and pick out a themed Halloween costumes as a family.

Already on board this adorable train. How can it get any cuter?

This particular year they said the theme was The Avengers. They had a son who was about four or five at the time.

He chose to be Captain America and they picked out his costume first. A little while later he comes running back up to the cash wrap, in full costume, brandishing a phone.

Sounds like there’s an emergency?

He told me he had found it on the floor and he had to protect it because phones are very important. He asked me if I could help him find who to it belonged to.

So I made an announcement asking if anybody was missing a phone but to no avail.

At that point I asked him to give me the phone, and told him I would hold on to it until someone came back for it.

Normal protocol. But this is Captain America we’re dealing with…

He looked at me skeptically, and flat out refused to hand it over at first.

He explained to me how phones have all kinds of important things on them and that they aren’t toys. I had to give him my solemn word that I would take good care of the phone before he would hand it over.

I sent him back to his parents after that.

Cute cute cute. What fate will befall this forgotten phone?

About 10 minutes later the phone started ringing and I noticed that the screen said home, so I answered it.

It was of course the customer looking for her phone.

I told her where she could find it and that I’d hold on to it for her. Another 15 minutes or so after that, the woman came into the store asking for the phone.

Reunited and it feels so good. But will Captain America’s heroics be rewarded?

I asked if she was in a hurry. She looked a little confused but said that she wasn’t, so I asked her to hold on for just a moment.

I went back and found the little Captain America (still in costume because once you get a little kid into them it’s impossible to get them out again) and asked him if he would like to return the phone to its owner.

He gleefully said yes.

OMG. Everyone is a hero here.

So I handed him the phone and we walked back up to front together. He presented the woman with her phone and explained to her that he had found it and taken good care of it, because he knew how important phones were.

The woman thanked him profusely. He gave her a sharp salute and then ran off back to his parents.

The salute! I can’t! What will his next mission be?

At this point the woman turned to me and said, “That might be the cutest thing I have ever seen! Seriously, you don’t know how much I needed that! It’s been a day.”

I told her it was no problem and I was glad she got the phone back.

This little hero is gonna go on to do great things, don’t you think?

Let’s check the comments.

This person has a less heartwarming rescue story.

Someone else says, I’m goin’ out on top.

This poster is like, mama raised him right.

Another user loves the positive vibes.

This user says thank goodness for heroes like this.

Avengers Assemble!

How cute.

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