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Window Washers Do A Super Job

February 15, 2013 6:05 PM

A window washer dressed as Captain America washes windows at Lurie Children’s Hospital on Friday. (Jan Terry)

(CBS) – Holy soap suds, Batman!

Young patients at Lurie’s Children’s Hospital got a super surprise Friday when members of a window cleaning came to work dress in unusual uniforms.

The kids saw Batman, Captain America and Spiderman cleaning the panes of the hospital’s 5,000-square-foot Crown Sky Garden.

A window washer dressed up as Batman cleans windows at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. (Jan Terry)

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