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                                            <div><h3><figure id="img-401791" class="figure image-figure-image  postload" data-type="img" data-e2e-name="image-figure-image" data-media-container="image" style=""><postload-img data-src="https://amp.thisisinsider.com/images/59a8232b701afca6088b4965-750-563.png" data-sizes="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 979px) 480px, (min-width: 980px) and (max-width: 1239px) 640px, (min-width: 1240px) 960px, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) 50vw, 100vw" data-srcset="https://amp.thisisinsider.com/images/59a8232b701afca6088b4965-160-120.png 160w, https://amp.thisisinsider.com/images/59a8232b701afca6088b4965-320-240.png 320w, https://amp.thisisinsider.com/images/59a8232b701afca6088b4965-480-360.png 480w, https://amp.thisisinsider.com/images/59a8232b701afca6088b4965-640-480.png 640w, https://amp.thisisinsider.com/images/59a8232b701afca6088b4965-750-563.png 750w, https://amp.thisisinsider.com/images/59a8232b701afca6088b4965-960-720.png 960w, https://amp.thisisinsider.com/images/59a8232b701afca6088b4965-1136-852.png 1136w" data-alt="spider man hurricane shelter" ></postload-img><span class="image-source-caption"><figcaption class="image-caption" data-e2e-name="image-caption">"Spider-Man" hands out stickers at George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.</figcaption><span class="image-source" data-e2e-name="image-source"><a href="https://twitter.com/StefManisero">StefManisero/Twitter</a></span></span></figure></h3><h3> The INSIDER Summary: </h3><ul><li><strong>A man dressed as Spider-Man visited evacuees in a shelter in Houston after Hurricane Harvey.</strong></li><li><strong> He chatted with kids and parents and handed out stickers.</strong></li><li><strong> It was a really thoughtful way to help.</strong></li></ul><hr></hr><p></br> In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Spider-Man swooped in to save the day at a Houston shelter. </p><p> A man dressed as the crime-fighting spider dropped by George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston to bring a bit of joy to the thousands of evacuees stranded there. 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