Migrant who saved child's life given French citizenship.

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So in France, all you have to do is save a child's life and you can become a citizen. Who knew?

 

All jokes aside it was a very brave act by Mamoudou. 

 

 

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44275776

 

Mamoudou Gassama: Mali 'Spiderman' to be made French citizen

• 28 May 2018

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Media captionMalian 'spiderman' rescues Paris child - then meets French President.

 

A Malian migrant, hailed as a hero after mounting a daring rescue to save a small boy dangling from a balcony in Paris, is to be made a French citizen.

Mamoudou Gassama won widespread praise after climbing the outside of the building to save the four-year-old.

Video showed him being cheered on by spectators as he pulled himself from balcony to balcony to the fourth floor.

After meeting him at the Elysee Palace, President Emmanuel Macron said he would be made a naturalised citizen.

He personally thanked Mr Gassama, gave him a medal for courage and said he would also be offered a role in the fire service.

• Travelling a rite of passage for many Malians

Mr Gassama is said to have arrived in France last year, taking the long and dangerous journey to Europe via a boat over the Mediterranean to Italy.

The drama that thrust him to fame unfolded on Saturday evening on a street in the north of the city.

Mr Gassama said he had been walking past when he saw a crowd gathered in front of the building.

He told Mr Macron: "I just didn't have time to think, I ran across the road to go and save him.

"I just climbed up and thank God, God helped me. The more I climbed the more I had the courage to climb up higher, that's it," he added.

He said that the boy was crying when he hauled him to safety and had also suffered an injured foot.

Firefighters arrived to find the child had already been rescued.

"Luckily, there was someone who was physically fit and who had the courage to go and get the child," a spokesperson said.

Image copyrightREUTERS Image captionMr Gassama met French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday Image copyrightAFP Image captionOutside the presidential palace he showed off a certificate he was given

Local authorities quoted by French media said the boy's parents were not at home at the time.

The father has been questioned by police on suspicion of leaving his child unattended, judicial sources say. The mother was not in Paris at the time, it is believed.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo was among those to praise the 22-year-old's heroism and said she had called him to thank him.

She referred to him as the "Spiderman of the 18th", referring to the Paris district where the rescue took place, calling him an "example for all citizens".

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He is definitely a brave young man. 

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Kudos for the brave young man 

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Whenever I see that country's name, I mentally start singing "Hellooooo, Mali, well hellooooo, Mali..."

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4 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Whenever I see that country's name, I mentally start singing "Hellooooo, Mali, well hellooooo, Mali..."

Stretching....

 

What this guy did was amazing.

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Incredibly brave man and I hope they manage to charge the Pokemon Go playing father with neglect or something. 

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1 hour ago, Unidentified said:

Incredibly brave man and I hope they manage to charge the Pokemon Go playing father with neglect or something. 

I believe they are.

 

He went to the store and then got "distracted" on his way home by playing Pokemon Go. Honestly the game itself is irrelevant. He was already guilty of neglect when he left a 4 year old home alone to go to the store, no matter how "brief" the outing was supposed to be. As far as I've seen there was no one home. 

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1 minute ago, bcking said:

I believe they are.

 

He went to the store and then got "distracted" on his way home by playing Pokemon Go. Honestly the game itself is irrelevant. He was already guilty of neglect when he left a 4 year old home alone to go to the store, no matter how "brief" the outing was supposed to be. As far as I've seen there was no one home. 

I must have missed the part where he left the home. I thought he was playing it at his home. Now days it feels like there should be some kind of test you have to do and a permit to get before you're allowed to reproduce... So many dumb people glued to their phones ignoring their children....

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/29/europe/paris-spiderman-rescue-pokemon-go-intl/index.html

"The father of a young child dramatically rescued from a Paris balcony Saturday was out playing Pokemon Go when the incident happened.

In an interview with CNN affiliate BFM TV Monday, French prosecutor Francois Molins said the four-year-old's father had gone out shopping, leaving the child at home alone. His return to the apartment was delayed when he decided to start playing the smartphone game on the way back."

 

The title of the article is "Father of child in 'Spider-Man' rescue was playing Pokemon Go" which makes you think the game was the reason he was neglectful. He was already neglectful before he started playing the game. They probably assumed (rightly so) that it made a better headline to focus on him playing the game.