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EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT. PHOTO TAKEN ON TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014Robert Cohen/AP Matt McGehee as Spider-Man says hello to Isaiah Bush and his mother, Tamekia Bush, as he washes the windows at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

Boys and girls at a Missouri children’s hospital were excited when their friendly neighborhood Spider-Man appeared outside their windows Tuesday.
Rather, make that Spider-Men.
Workers from ALLGLASS Window Cleaning have been scrubbing windows at St. Louis Children’s Hospital dressed in superhero costumes for the past year and a half, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
“It’s just for the kids,” founder Matt McGehee, 41, told the paper. “The kids look up, and their eyes get all big, and then this slow smile creeps across their face.”
Even with the mercury climbing to the upper 80s earlier this week, McGehee and Andy Weeks, 31, kept on their stifling costumes.

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT. PHOTO TAKEN ON TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014Robert Cohen/AP
Spider-Man — civilian identity: Andy Weeks — waves to St. Louis Children’s Hospital patient Jacob Rodriguez, 10.
EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT. PHOTO TAKEN ON TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014Robert Cohen/AP
Move over, Peter Parker! Andy Weeks, dressed as Spider-Man, readies his ropes as he climbs over the roof of St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT. PHOTO TAKEN ON TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014Robert Cohen/AP
‘It’s just for the kids,’ window washer Matt McGehee said.
EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT. PHOTO TAKEN ON TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014Robert Cohen/AP
Matt McGehee, left, helps Andy Weeks with his Spider-Man suit. McGehee founded ALLGLASS Window Cleaning, and he and his workers have been dressing up as superheroes when on the job at the children’s hospital for the past 1 1/2 years.

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Robert Cohen/AP Matt McGehee as Spider-Man says hello to Isaiah Bush and his mother, Tamekia Bush, as he washes the windows at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Boys and girls at a Missouri children’s hospital were excited when their friendly neighborhood Spider-Man appeared outside their windows Tuesday. Rather, make that Spider-Men. Workers from...