Christian Bale, star of the Batman movies, spent hours in an Aurora,
Colo., hospital today visiting victims wounded in the massacre at the
movie theater showing his latest caped crusader epic, The Dark Knight Rises.
The Denver Post
reported that Bale visited with five patients in the Medical Center of
Aurora and two more who came over from the Swedish Medical Center nearby
to meet him. One of the patients, Carey Rottman, posed in his hospital
bed with Bale for a picture that found its way to Twitter.
"The
patients were really happy to meet Bale," said hospital interim
president Bill Voloch. "They are obviously big fans of his movies. They
wanted to see Batman and were really pleased to see Bale."
He said
it was therapeutic for the patients and the staff. Bale also met with
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and with doctors, police officials and
some first responders to the scene of the tragedy early Friday morning
at a mall movie theater. Shortly after the start of a midnight showing
of Dark Knight, a gunman barged in and shot up the auditorium, killing 12 people and wounding 58.
Warner
Bros., the studio that distributed the movie and also donated to the
growing fund for victims and their family, said Bale went to Colorado on
his own. Voloch said Bale asked that his visit not be announced in
advance.
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