With nearly a dozen television news crews swarming around him, a handful of balloons and a tiny red carpet rolled out for him, Kyle Dunn got his first glimpse of celebrity Friday.

The 5-year-old Silver Spring boy was treated to a special belated birthday surprise as Metro’s top officials gave the young Metro enthusiast — he reeled off the names of nearly every Red Line station when quizzed by Metro’s top rail official — a behind-the-scenes tour.

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