Kinnix, we respect what you do. But being a superhero, is that the best way that you can serve your community?
When situations occur, I'm not scared. It's after they're over that I become scared. When a guy pulls out a gun, being scared doesn't really help you. You're like, well, this is what I dressed up for. I came out in a bulletproof suit. Let's see if I'm worth it.
I had an incident where my car got broken into and my son was hurt in the process and the police told me that there was nothing they could really do and there was no way to investigate it.
And the insurance wouldn't cover it because I didn't have a police report. And it was all this stuff and it just piled up. And finally I said, if they're not going to do something, I'm going to.
And I went back to that parking lot and I sat there and I waited for the guy and eventually I caught him and I chased him into the woods and I basically gave him a very firm talk about why you don't break into other people's cars.
And after that was over, I realized this is what it is. I need to put my time and money into this and that's what I did. I stopped criminals on a daily basis.
I originally called myself the guardian of Seattle. The newspaper is in media coined the name superhero.
Discretion sets me apart from a cop. Like, I don't want to have to walk up to a guy who's smoking weed in his car and go, okay, you're going to jail for smoking weed in your car.
I want to look and I want to find crimes that are really important. They're really dangerous. I mean, people are getting hurt. It's real life. People get hurt. People get stabbed. People get robbed. People get shot. It's real.
Injury-wise on patrol so far. I've broken three ribs. I've had my nose broken. I've been shot twice. I've been stabbed two times. I've been arrested on countless occasions.
I've had probably maybe 40 or so street fights. I think the worst thing that's ever happened though is I had to watch a woman die one time and I think that was probably the worst thing that's ever happened.
When I first started, I was angry and at night I was able to be angry in a productive way. When the nighttime falls, it's become being allowed to openly celebrate the choices I've made.
I don't have to hide my true feelings about things and I can say I hate criminals. I can stand for something that I can't stand for in the day when I'm walking around in a regular t-shirt.
Surprisingly enough, the suit looks quite foolish in the daytime.
I can't stop because if I don't succeed, I really am crazy. There's something that's going to happen where I'm going to solidify the fact that I am a superhero. I'm the first superhero in the world because of this.
When that happens, I'll be able to take this mask off and just be a normal guy. Until then, you're sort of a crazy guy.
