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. >> finally tonight, 51-year-old lennie b robinson died at a car crash in maryland. you probably don't recognise his name, but you know his alter ego, fatman. he has been spending time and money dressing as the cape crusader, getting in the lamb bour genie, then he went to visit sick kids in local hospitals, and ordered brief feign when pulled over by police, and the video was post the online. a woman that worked with rochin son -- rochin son telling reporters he was magic. i'm del walters in new york. join us for the news any time by going to aljazeera.com. lisa fletcher up next with "inside story". have a good night. [ ♪ ] >>> checking your email, posting pictures on facebook, perhaps tweeting out your whereabouts. they are fairly route in in the internet age, but 15% of american adults still are not online. what is their hold up? fear of technology, lack of access. digital deficiencies.
. >> finally tonight, 51-year-old lennie b robinson died at a car crash in maryland. you probably don't recognise his name, but you know his alter ego, fatman. he has been spending time and money dressing as the cape crusader, getting in the lamb bour genie, then he went to visit sick kids in local hospitals, and ordered brief feign when pulled over by police, and the video was post the online. a woman that worked with rochin son -- rochin son telling reporters he was magic. i'm del...
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. >> reporter: lenny b. robinson >> very nice the meet you. >> reporter: but this batman's mission wasn't to fight crime. it was to put smiles on the faces of children. >> you guys rock. >> reporter: robinson dedicated his life to visiting kids who were fighting life-threatening diseases. he had fans of all ages. >> i love you, man. you're the best. you're the best. >> you're doing a great job. >> i want you to do me favor and get better. >> okay. >> that will make me very happy. >> reporter: 14 years ago, the baltimore native sold his cleaning business. he used the proceeds to buy a lamborghini, which he modified to resemble a batmobile. robinson became internationally famous when a video was posted of him being pulled over by police. >> it's a black lamborghini with the driver dressed as batman. >> reporter: instead of issuing a ticket, the officers asked for a picture. he later bought a replica from the batmobile from the 1960s tv show. there's no way of knowing how many lives this caped crusader touched, but judg
. >> reporter: lenny b. robinson >> very nice the meet you. >> reporter: but this batman's mission wasn't to fight crime. it was to put smiles on the faces of children. >> you guys rock. >> reporter: robinson dedicated his life to visiting kids who were fighting life-threatening diseases. he had fans of all ages. >> i love you, man. you're the best. you're the best. >> you're doing a great job. >> i want you to do me favor and get better. >>...
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but watch his reaction when i asked him about the death of lenny b. robinson, the man he knew as batman. >> to hear he was killed in an accident, it's very tragic. thoughts and prayers go out to his family. >> lenny was batman to these kids. he -- being visited by batman was probably the greatest gift he gave. >> we have lost a super hero. i wish we could have more heroes like that. >> chris gordon, news 4. >>> and coming up next, a routine traffic stop turned out to be anything but routine. >>> see the dramatic scene unfold on a police officer's dash board camera. plus a new business and a noble mission. how they're giving back to disabled veterans in o >>> it started with a routine traffic stop and an officer pulls over a car for speeding but what happened next is anything but routine. pat tells us about a pretty incredible moment captured by the officer's dash board camera. >> even before the officer gets out of his cruiser, yelling from the car ahead, the driver shouting his wife's in labor. >> there is an ambulance en route right now. >> the officer calls
but watch his reaction when i asked him about the death of lenny b. robinson, the man he knew as batman. >> to hear he was killed in an accident, it's very tragic. thoughts and prayers go out to his family. >> lenny was batman to these kids. he -- being visited by batman was probably the greatest gift he gave. >> we have lost a super hero. i wish we could have more heroes like that. >> chris gordon, news 4. >>> and coming up next, a routine traffic stop turned...
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. >> in this case, batman's secret identity is lenny b. robinson.n who spends most of his time visiting sick children in hospitals dressed as the super hero. >> my youngest son was obsessed with batman. and his obsession became my obsession. then my ocd kicked in. and i had to get the real costume. the car. and what to do with it all, well, it was about going to childrens hospitals and making a difference. >> batman is on his way to the hospital when he's pulled over by officer borgea. >> i did not know immediately why he was going to pull me over, but i figured he was going to pull me over to find out who this person is with a batman costume on driving a lamborghini bat mobile. what's going on? it's not something you see every day. >> lenny notices even the officer can't contain his enjoyment. >> he was humming the bat theme as i was getting my license and the registration, i can hear him in the background humming the batman theme. ♪ batman >> the registration checks out, and batman is free to go, but not before other officers show up and ask for p
. >> in this case, batman's secret identity is lenny b. robinson.n who spends most of his time visiting sick children in hospitals dressed as the super hero. >> my youngest son was obsessed with batman. and his obsession became my obsession. then my ocd kicked in. and i had to get the real costume. the car. and what to do with it all, well, it was about going to childrens hospitals and making a difference. >> batman is on his way to the hospital when he's pulled over by...
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. >> reporter: as batman, lenny b. robinson loved bringing smiles to little faces.is bat mobile to visit children in the hospital. >> they're constantly fighting for their lives. this helps them. that's what it's all about. >> reporter: the 51-year-old died sunday when his bat mobile broke down along i-70. >> this other vehicle from virginia unfortunately struck him which caused his death. >> it's just devastating to all of us. >> reporter: robinson paid countless visits to sinai's orthopedics. >> he loved the institute, most of all, he loved the patients. >> reporter: a resident of owings mills, he started and sold his own cleaning business, years later he would buy the costume and cars and transform into the super hero, a favorite of his three children. >> even though they are his immediate family, i feel like we're all a family here, and he was a part of that family. and he was such a big part of it. >> reporter: rachel foote is an riao patient. >> he talks to the kids and gives them words of encouragemeencourag encouragement. >> reporter: he went viral when he g
. >> reporter: as batman, lenny b. robinson loved bringing smiles to little faces.is bat mobile to visit children in the hospital. >> they're constantly fighting for their lives. this helps them. that's what it's all about. >> reporter: the 51-year-old died sunday when his bat mobile broke down along i-70. >> this other vehicle from virginia unfortunately struck him which caused his death. >> it's just devastating to all of us. >> reporter: robinson paid...