VIDEO: man scales 4 storeys in 30 seconds to save child from balcony

By The Newsroom
Published 28th May 2018, 10:36 BST
Updated 28th May 2018, 14:32 BST

A Malian migrant who rescued a four-year-old child hanging from a balcony has been hailed a hero and 'real-life Spider-Man'.

Mamoudou Gassama climbed up four floors to reach the child on Saturday evening in northern Paris.

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Footage on social media showing the 22-year-old climb up the block of flats has gone viral with one post having been watched over seven million times.

Given French citizenship

President Macron invited Mr Gassama to the Elysee Palace to thank him personally, according to his office.

And it has now been confirmed that Mr Gassama is to be made a French citizen.

Avec M. GASSAMA qui a sauvé samedi la vie d'un enfant en escaladant 4 étages à mains nues. Je lui ai annoncé qu'en reconnaissance de cet acte héroïque il allait être régularisé dans les plus brefs délais, et que la brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris était prête à l'accueillir. pic.twitter.com/xMpFlP1UFe

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 28, 2018

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