Introduction

This is 99% Invisible. I'm Roman Mars. On June 18th in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Echo Park, people were going about their day having brunch at trendy cafes and perusing a local bookstore when suddenly they saw something extraordinary. A battle between good and evil. Some of the people who saw the confrontation probably thought a movie or a commercial was being filmed. Why else would a guy in a superhero outfit attempt to move a car with his bare hands? El Piatonito models his look on Mexican wrestlers. But this hero does not wage his battles in the ring. He fights in the dangerous smog choked traffic clogged metropolis's wherever the humble pedestrian faces their most dangerous