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.

Why migration is in the genes of 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.

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

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Good.

Chai, Oyinbo will surely appreciate you. It is time for me to port into the US, who knows I can safe President Trump from falling from the balcony

igbodefender:


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.

Good one

if it where in Nigeria, he would have automatic employment to herd cow in daura.

madridguy:
Chai, Oyinbo will surely appreciate you. It is time for me to port into the US, who knows I can safe President Trump from falling from the balcony

I hope our slay queens and trenders are seeing how to trend 'profitably'.

If it were in naija, the IGP will take the glory and tell the world how his men on hearing the baby's cry from their office swung into action and rescued the boy.
As for the real hero, they will secretly slam him with illegal immigrants charges

madridguy:
Chai, Oyinbo will surely appreciate you. It is time for me to port into the US, who knows I can safe President Trump from falling from the balcony

If That guy had done that in the present US, I can safely assure you that the racist Trump and his ICE henchmen will probably deport him back to Mali for being undocumented. So if you save Trampy from falling off the WH balcony, believe me you will still end up in Nigeria via deportation. That's how vile a man Trampy is.

I doubt it

Lucasbalo:
If That guy had done that in the present US, I can safely assure you that the racist Trump and his ICE henchmen will probably deport him back to Mali for being undocumented.

madridguy:
I doubt it

I know him much better than you do. He ain't worth a Nickel.

You live in the US?

Lucasbalo:
I know him much better than you do. He ain't worth a Nickel.

madridguy:
You live in the US?

Yes. I have known of him as an unrepentant racist for over 30 years. That's my main grouse with him. I do not like any one who think of me as a second class citizen or subhuman.

Got your point now.

Lucasbalo:
Yes. I have known of him as an unrepentant racist for over 30 years. That's my main grouse with him. I do not like any one who think of me as a second class citizen or subhuman.

If I did same, I'd also be granted citizenship but posthumously