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Malian immigrant who saved toddler gets fire service job in France

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May 29, 2018
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London, May 29, 2018 (AltAfrika)-Mamoudou Gassama, the 22-year-old Malian migrant, hailed as a hero after mounting a daring rescue to save a small boy dangling from a balcony in Paris,  took his first step toward French citizenship Tuesday as he joined the fire brigade.

The new job comes as accolades continued to pour in for him over his daring rescue.

Video footage of Gassama scaling four storeys of the building with his bare hands has catapulted the young man to global fame and earned him the promise of citizenship from President Emmanuel Macron.

Wearing white sweatpants and a black cap, the hero of a rescue video viewed by millions of people appeared slightly overwhelmed by the media furore as he filed his application for legal residency in the Paris suburb of Bobigny.

Hailing the bravery of the youth who had been living in France illegally, the head of the local authority, Pierre-Andre Durand said: “How can anyone fail to be impressed by what he did, not admire it?

“He helped someone in danger, which is not such a common thing in our society.”

Gassama became an overnight sensation after the video of him plucking a four-year-old boy to safety Saturday went viral.

On Monday he was honoured by President Emmanuel Macron with a medal for bravery, the promise of citizenship and the offer of a job with the fire service.

Gassama arrived in France via Italy and the perilous Mediterranean migrant route.

His official permit allowing him to work will arrive within a month, and his citizenship papers in about three months, officials said Tuesday.

The athletic Malian also visited a fire station to sign up for a 10-month internship with the Paris fire and rescue services, expected to pay close to 600 euros ($690) a month.

The family of the young boy he saved thanked him Tuesday for his quick thinking.

The boy’s paternal grandmother, who like his mother lives in Reunion, told RMC radio Tuesday that she was “very moved” by the images of the rescue and sent “huge thanks” to Gassama.

“He’s really a hero,” she said. “He did not stand by and watch, he saved my little sweetpea.”

The boy’s father, who had been living with the boy in Paris, had left him alone to go out to the shops and then remained on the street to play Pokemon Go, according to French investigators.

He was arrested on charges of neglecting his parental duties but released again on Monday.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said he had admitted his guilt and expressed “profound regret”.

The boy’s mother learned the news of the rescue on Reunion Island — the French Indian Ocean territory where she and the father were born and where she still lives.

Reacting to Gassama’s intervention on Antenne Reunion radio she said: “We can only thank him and thank heaven he was so reactive.”

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