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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
19. Yes
Mon May 28, 2018, 09:10 AM
May 2018
France hails Malian hero who saved toddler from Paris balcony

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that Mamoudou Gassama, an undocumented migrant, would become a "naturalised French" national and join the fire service, the AFP news agency reported on Monday.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/france-hails-malian-hero-saved-toddler-paris-balcony-180528073152771.html


Macron hails Malian 'Spiderman' who rescued child from Paris balcony

At a meeting in the Elysée presidential palace Monday, Macron praised Mamoudou Gassama, an undocumented migrant from Mali, for his “exceptional act” and added: “We’re going to regularise all your papers and if you wish, we will initiate a naturalisation procedure so that you can become French, if you so desire.”

http://www.france24.com/en/20180528-france-macron-hero-malian-rescue-child-french-citizenship


An undocumented immigrant saved a child dangling from a Paris balcony. Now he’s a national hero.

The video footage is striking: In a matter of seconds, a young man scales four stories of a Paris apartment building to rescue a child dangling from a balcony above the street.

The rescuer’s name is Mamoudou Gassama, an undocumented 22-year-old immigrant from Mali...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/05/28/an-undocumented-immigrant-saved-a-toddler-dangling-from-a-paris-balcony-now-hes-a-national-hero/?utm_term=.46c2efdf0c9a


Weird that you think "undocumented" sounds "trumpy".

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What a great response from the French government! CaliforniaPeggy May 2018 #1
If only every undocumented immigrant could save the life of a small child oberliner May 2018 #9
undocumented? Larrybanal May 2018 #18
Yes oberliner May 2018 #19
Beg pardon? trumpy would be "illegal alien", to which I and most... brush May 2018 #22
No comment on the heroism? Focus on the immigration statutus, sarcastically, and then Fred Sanders May 2018 #33
Have you ever watched The Simpsons? oberliner May 2018 #37
No need for a long winded response, even one only tangentially relevant to my point. Fred Sanders May 2018 #41
Humanity! All around. Bravo Guilded Lilly May 2018 #2
Compare it to what happens here: What Would cheetolini Do? marble falls May 2018 #3
say maybe a word or two heaven05 May 2018 #6
And then ICE would grab him up and repatriate him. marble falls May 2018 #8
so very true heaven05 May 2018 #12
Unfortunately, you're likely spot on DFW May 2018 #36
We've already seen what trump would do. He ignored the Waffle House... brush May 2018 #23
Silence from Trump, if hero not white. We already know. America has been debased. New normal? Fred Sanders May 2018 #34
Politically savvy President Macron knew that Cheeto would see this FakeNoose May 2018 #4
Indeed! Citizenship and a job, too! calimary May 2018 #5
In the meantime pazzyanne May 2018 #7
Trump would deport him! And Jail his kids! Grandstander Go Home! bucolic_frolic May 2018 #10
Wow. Well done. Princess Turandot May 2018 #11
4 years old heaven05 May 2018 #13
wow!!!! samnsara May 2018 #14
The Trumpsters are already calling this "fake news" Puzzler May 2018 #15
You're kidding !!! pangaia May 2018 #16
Nope ... Puzzler May 2018 #21
amazing that ppl so foolish& stupid can figure out computers irisblue May 2018 #27
Millions of smart people are stupid. pangaia May 2018 #29
Jeeze, you're right. pangaia May 2018 #28
It's obvious. The guy took a kid, hung him over the balcony, ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2018 #25
And he got a job as a fireman too Botany May 2018 #17
That is the perfect job for him TexasBushwhacker May 2018 #39
This is in French, but it is nice to see. Equinox Moon May 2018 #20
"Bravo." "Merci." pangaia May 2018 #30
It wouldn't be seen on the news here. It doesn't fit the narrative. We'd never know of his bravery. rainin May 2018 #24
In the United States tazkcmo May 2018 #26
there are some days when I wake up and have no faith in humanity arithia May 2018 #31
Had to watch it again. What he did so quickly still seems miraculous. Judi Lynn May 2018 #32
If that had been Britain.... T_i_B May 2018 #35
Wow what strength and bravery this man has! workinclasszero May 2018 #38
Father of boy dangling from Paris balcony was out playing Pokmon Go, prosecutor Judi Lynn May 2018 #40
'Spiderman' balcony rescue hero granted French citizenship Judi Lynn May 2018 #42
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