“Gotham has Batman. Metropolis has Superman. Wakanda has Black Panther. And South Hill, Virginia has C.B. Fleming. ‘They need someone who they feel is a superhero,’ Iesha Roper-Boswell said while standing outside her Mecklenburg Manor apartment. The 28-year-old mother said she believed her daughter and other children in the community have found such a superhero in Fleming, the 42-year-old South Hill Police corporal. ‘He’s awesome. That’s the only word you can really use to describe C.B.,’ she said. ‘It’s just amazing, the bond he has with the children.’”

“When emergency crews recently responded to the apartment complex to investigate a gas leak, Officer Fleming spotted children outside playing. Once the leak was deemed not a threat, Fleming wanted to make sure the children felt safe. So he laid down and played dolls with the kids.”

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