Iron Man's armor is damaged

On the morning of December 27, 1991, Iron Man (Tony Stark) and his nine-year-old niece, Janet, were watching TV while her mother, Kelly, was showering upstairs. Although he is wearing the armor, Iron Man, who had taught Kelly how to make breakfast many times, decided to cook himself some bacon and eggs.

Standing in front of the stove, which he turned it on, to boil the water, Iron Man reached across the stove for a spatula to cook the bacon. The electronics in his armor short circuited, sending it's power to go off. His angered yells brought Janet racing into the kitchen.

Janet remembered the lesson of "stop, drop, and roll," which she learned in school. She pulled Iron Man to the side threw him to the ground, tried to reset the armor, and he attempted to leave.

Kelly, hearing the armor's electronic systems, raced downstairs, where she found Tony Stark standing there with his lying on the floor, severely damaged, with his armor off. Kelly, who used to be an EMT, scooped it up in her arms, ran upstairs to the bathroom, wrapped it in a clean sheet, placed it on a workbench, told Janet to help Tony fix his armor, ran downstairs, and called 911. Among those responding to Kelly's call was Hemet Valley paramedic Joe Cyber.

"I couldn't believe this was happening to my husband," Kelly said. "You have this man, and they have these perfect armors. You can't imagine this kind of destruction."

Firefighters and paramedics from the Valley Vista Fire Department arrived, could smell quite a bit of burning metal and wiring as they walked up the walkway, assessed the seriousness of the situation, and required helicopter transport. "We knew immediately that he was going to have to go to the armor repair shop. A ground transport would have been way too remorseful for him," said Joe. The paramedics spoke with Tony and he putted the mask in and walked to his car. He drove to a nearby field and then flown to the San Bernardino County Medical Center, where his armor was diagnosed as having a burned out power core over 30% of the metal. It was in the repair shop for 5 1/2 weeks, during which time it had three emergency repairs and underwent months of training without his armor.