Heartbreaking scene as superheroes carry five-year-old’s coffin after he loses his battle with cancer

Five-year-old American Brayden Denton died of a brain tumour last month and his mother decided to celebrate his love of superheroes at his funeral.

We don't mean to make you sob like a baby on your journey home today but this story is so touching, we just had to bring it to you. In today's Metro they feature a desperately sad picture of a young American cancer patient's funeral. Brayden Denton died last month and in a tribute to the youngster's love of superheroes, his mother Staci asked the pallbearers to dress up as his favourite screen stars. Relatives dressed as Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Thor, The Hulk, and Iron Man carried his coffin at the funeral and one of his uncles, Cory Denton, uploaded the picture to Facebook. Speaking to the press, Cory Denton, who dressed as Thor, said: ‘It was hard, but I did it for him. We went to the Superman movie with him and he was dressed up as Superman. I watched all the Iron Mans with him.’