Nine-year-old Domenic Pace (R) acts out a scene as "Iron Boy" after police helped stage an elaborate event with the Make-A-Wish Foundation on the Sydney Opera House steps on February 11, 2016. - New South Wales Police/AFP
Sydney (AFP) - A seriously ill Australian boy was Thursday granted his wish to become a superhero like Iron Man, with police staging an elaborate event on the Sydney Opera House steps as Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr tweeted his support.
Nine-year-old Domenic Pace, who has battled cystic fibrosis throughout his life, has long idolised Marvel superhero Iron Man and expressed his wish to be "Iron Boy", with the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted his dream to fight crime in Australia's biggest city.
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