Update to this story.

Via USA Today:

Five years after he saved San Francisco from villainy, received cheers from a crowd of 20,000 and earned kudos from the president, Miles Scott — the Make-A-Wish recipient who, for a day, became Batkid — lives today in remission from leukemia.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation announced that Miles, now in fifth grade, enjoys life as “a typical kid” and has seen reduced signs of the blood cancer each year since he donned the cape and cowl in 2013.

After Miles, who was diagnosed with the life-threatening illness at age 1, told the foundation that he wanted to be Batman, the entire Bay Area became swept up in making the then-5-year-old’s wish come true.

Police and fire services teamed up with the San Francisco Giants to stage an adventure for Miles as he battled bad guys, rode in the Batmobile and received a key to the city. […]

Today, Miles enjoys science and robotics and plays baseball, the foundation said. He helps on his family’s farm and sold his first goat at a local fair. His mom, Natalie, contacted Make-A-Wish about volunteering to help grant wishes for other children in need.

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