[News] Passerby rescues young boy hanging from balcolny

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Amazing viewing. Well done that man

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44275776

A Malian migrant has been hailed a hero after he scaled the front of a building in Paris to save a small boy hanging from a fourth-floor balcony.

Video of Mamoudou Gassama's spectacular rescue went viral on social media.

In less than a minute he pulled himself from balcony to balcony and grabbed the four-year-old as a neighbour tried to hold the child from an adjoining flat.

President Emmanuel Macron has invited Mr Gassama to the Elysee Palace on Monday to thank him personally.

 

[Giraffe]

How the hell did the child get in that position? I thought Michael Jackson was dead?

 

[Drumstick]

That’s incredible, what an absolute hero.

What about the dad leaving the child unattended though! Wow.


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[Southern Scouse]

That was beautiful, well done that man.

 

[btnbelle]

Very brave act. A true hero.....

 

[Thunder Bolt]

That’s incredible, what an absolute hero.

What about the dad leaving the child unattended though! Wow.

Any parent will say, you only have to take your eyes off them for a second. I've been there although it wasn't a balcony. My son toddled off in a busy shop whilst I was paying for something. I was panicking looking for him, with lots of others, and somehow he got outside the shop onto an island in the middle of the road. All in the space of 5 mins. Two teenage girls saw him, and took him into the nearest shop, which was the one I was in.
I was taken to the staffroom, made a cup of tea until I recovered from shock.
There but for the grace of God.

Well done that man.

 

[Drumstick]

Any parent will say, you only have to take your eyes off them for a second. I've been there although it wasn't a balcony. My son toddled off in a busy shop whilst I was paying for something. I was panicking looking for him, with lots of others, and somehow he got outside the shop onto an island in the middle of the road. All in the space of 5 mins. Two teenage girls saw him, and took him into the nearest shop, which was the one I was in.
I was taken to the staffroom, made a cup of tea until I recovered from shock.
There but for the grace of God.

Well done that man.

As a parent I am well aware of that myself, but if you read the article it says

‘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.’

We’ve all done what you described but to go out and leave them in a flat is totally irresponsible.


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[moggy]

The other guy that had hold of him, surely he could’ve hauled him over the balcony or am I missing something?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

As a parent I am well aware of that myself, but if you read the article it says

‘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.’

We’ve all done what you described but to go out and leave them in a flat is totally irresponsible.

I agree and there is no excuse for negligence.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

The other guy that had hold of him, surely he could’ve hauled him over the balcony or am I missing something?

It's difficult to tell from the video, but it looks like he only has one hand on him. It was probably difficult to get enough leverage?

 

[Triggaaar]

You going to try and tell me he didn't learn those skills while burgling people's flats?

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

It's almost like the front page of the BBC website wouldn't otherwise exist if articles from it weren't regularly posted on here.

 

[Triggaaar]

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

Can't help but feel we'd have thanked him, but told him his visa had expired and he was being deported. Rules is rules.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Kin hell.

I did a chin-up once.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

You going to try and tell me he didn't learn those skills while burgling people's flats?

Unfortunately, there will be those who think that.

 

[Taybha]

Brilliant stuff a true modern day hero , CH will be furious with Ryan for putting himself in that position in the first place though .

 

[Diablo]

You going to try and tell me he didn't learn those skills while burgling people's flats?

Whether he did or didn`t........Bloody amazing, deserves to be treated as hero!!

 

[BN9 BHA]

You going to try and tell me he didn't learn those skills while burgling people's flats?

FFS Trig I'm glad I put my mug of tea down before I read that.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Blimey, the French citizenship test is a bit harder than ours, isn't it?

 

[Saunders]

It's difficult to tell from the video, but it looks like he only has one hand on him. It was probably difficult to get enough leverage?

If you watch it closely the kid was quite a way from him and he was gradually edging closer to the guy on the other balcony. Just as he was close enough to get a proper grip on him Spiderman arrived and janked him over.