A young leukemia patient who fought crime with Batman for a day and 鈥渟aved鈥� San Francisco in 2013, is now cancer-free.

Miles Scott, now 10, has come a long way since winning the hearts of the world when he became 鈥淏atkid鈥� and literally fought up-to-no-good villains after the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted his wish.

For the past five years, the now-fifth grader鈥檚 cancer has been in remission and he鈥檚 been 鈥渄oing great,鈥� the foundation鈥檚 Greater Bay Area branch on Thursday.

鈥淗e鈥檚 a happy boy. His life is what you鈥檇 hope for him: He鈥檚 healthy, he鈥檚 in school, he鈥檚 doing what every kid really wants,鈥� the group鈥檚 marketing director Jen Wilson told CTVNews.ca over the phone on Thursday. 鈥淗aving a wish is wonderful but what children want most is to be healthy.鈥�

For a refresher: Over 16,000 people and volunteers, including the city鈥檚 mayor, transformed San Francisco into Gotham City 鈥� perfectly emulating the infamous stomping grounds of the DC comic book crusader.

鈥淪ince his crime fighting day five years ago, Miles has returned to being a typical kid鈥攑laying Little League, going to school, helping his family farm, and even selling his first market goat in the local fair!鈥� the branch went on to say in their release, adding that he still visits his oncologist once a year.

One of Batman鈥檚 famous traits is his toolkit filled with high-tech bat-gadgets and it turns out Miles could be following in his hero鈥檚 footsteps.

鈥淗e鈥檚 been studying science and robotics are apparently his favorite subjects,鈥� Wilson said, joking that the boy might even become Batman.

Wilson, who helped co-ordinate the whole day in 2013, remembers how seeing the crowds seemed to give Miles bursts of energy he needed as he saved damsels in distress and from then-Mayor Ed Lee.

鈥淚t kind of revved him up at certain points in the day. He could see the crowds and what was happening and he knew 鈥極K, I got to go out and be Batman鈥欌�� she laughed. 鈥淗e truly felt like he was Batman that day.鈥�

Wilson said the crowd鈥檚 expressions when they looked at Miles were 鈥渓ike scenes out of one of those superhero movies when they look up at the sky and say 鈥楾here he is!鈥欌��

She said that so many people related to Miles鈥� wish because they love the superhero character.

鈥淓veryone got to put themselves back into their child-like perspective and think about how it would be for them if they had been able to live out their childhood fantasy,鈥� she said.
 

Today, Miles lives with his parents, Nick and Natalie, his younger brother Clayton who had dressed up as Robin 鈥� Batkid鈥檚 sidekick that day 鈥� and his youngest brother Ben who was born after his wish.

According to the foundation, the family would 鈥渓ike to remain out of the limelight鈥� but in the spirit of paying it forward, Miles鈥� mother wrote to Make-A-Wish asking if she could become a volunteer wish granter.

And she isn鈥檛 the only one.

Since granting Miles鈥� wish, Wilson said multiple chapters of the foundation, including theirs, saw a massive spike in the number of volunteers and donations.

The foundation wouldn鈥檛 specify how much it cost to grant 鈥淏atkid鈥� his wish, but said the average wish costs $10,000. Wilson said they haven鈥檛 had any kids asking for the exact same wish, but she鈥檚 seen similar superhero wishes being granted in other chapters.

Wilson was thrilled that Miles was doing well because the foundation doesn鈥檛 always receive updates. She said Miles鈥� story is a good reminder that Make-A-Wish kids can beat their illnesses and live full lives.