Robert Downey Jr. helped in making one disabled child’s dream even bigger. The actor met the boy in character as his “Iron Man” alter ego Tony Stark to deliver a bionic prosthetic arm.
Seven-year old Alex Pring, who was born with a partially developed arm, seemed a little starstruck meeting Downey, who opened two boxes, one containing an arm from Downey’s own Iron Man suit, and another box with a matching arm for Pring, a 3D-printed replica built by prosthetic company Limbitless Solutions.
“I think yours might be better than mine,” Downey told Pring as they each modeled their arms.
Microsoft filmed the interaction between the two as part of the company’s The Collective Project.
(Reuters)
