![]() ![]() Listen to the full interview at NPR’s Tell Me More. The police showed up, and they were able to arrest him. I opened up my glove box to get my phone and call 911, and I saw the mask. The guy who did it had a whole lot of friends there, and I didn’t want to just walk up and say “Hey, you shouldn’t do that,” because I knew people would see my face. And there’s about seventy people watching. 11, 2010 - Phoenix Jones, the real-life superhero who has gotten fame for patrolling the streets of Seattle, found his kryptonite in the guise of two attackers who left him with a broken nose over the weekend. I left the mask in my glove box.Ī couple weeks later, I’m at a bar doing what I normally do–driving people to the bar, dropping them off and waiting for them–and a friend of mine gets assaulted outside the bar. He began his amateur MMA career in 2006 and would continue fighting as an amateur all the way until 2010, during his time as an amateur he would go undefeated winning ten. Phoenix Jones: I know that sounds like a large leap… What happened is, I’m cleaning the glass out of my car, and I found a rock inside a mask, that they used to smash my window. Ben 'Phoenix Jones' Fodor was an American superhero, Fodor would walk the streets of Seattle in a superhero costume trying to stop crime while also dealing drugs on the side. Michel Martin: But how did you go from that…to wearing a costume and deciding you’re going to do patrols? So I said “call 911, I need help.” And he answered, “I can’t…it’ll ruin my YouTube clip.” I’m thinking, “Perfect, he’ll call the cops.” I’m trying to stop the bleeding and I see a guy run across the street with a camera phone. ![]() His knee is cut open and he’s bleeding really badly. As we leave, my son falls in this broken glass right by my car…someone had broken the window. Phoenix Jones: …I had a son, and we were playing at Wild Waves. Michel Martin: I think people would like to know how this got started… So I said “call 911, I need help.” And he answered, “I can’t… it’ll ruin my YouTube clip.” Phoenix recently shared his origin story, methods and motivations with NPR’s Michel Martin… By night, he is Seattle’s own neighborhood crime fighter, operating under the costumed alias Phoenix Jones. ![]() By day, he is a professional mixed martial arts fighter, with multiple black belts and a winning record. ![]()
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