(UTV|COLOMBO) – 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, the BBC reported.
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.
The drama was captured in a video posted on Facebook.
It 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.
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