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We've all had those moments in life where we dream about being a superhero, but for a five-year-old boy from Jakarta, Indonesia those dreams were what led to his tragic, accidental death.

In 2014, Valentino was excited about seeing the newly-released The Amazing Spider-Man 2 at his local cinema, so he asked his mother to take him. When she refused, Valentino ran inside his 19th-floor bedroom and locked the door, and shortly after, his mother was told that a body had been found on the street below.

Valentino was rushed to hospital, but he was pronounced dead on arrival.

According to the police, the boy may have fallen while trying to imitate the wall-crawling superhero he was desperate to see on the big screen. Reportedly, Valentino enjoyed role-playing as characters like Iron Man and Captain America whenever he saw those movies, and, like a lot of youngsters, he was also a huge fan of Spidey.

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