Mamoudou Gassama, a 22-year-old undocumented immigrant who carried out a spectacular rescue of a four-year-old who was dangling from a balcony in Paris has been rewarded by the French president.

Macron revealed on Tuesday after meeting with Gassama at the Elysée Palace that the young hero, dubbed “Le Spiderman” would be granted French citizenship and enrolled as a firefighter in the French fire service.

“All the papers will be put in order,” Macron said when meeting Gassama.

During his meeting with Macron the Malian told him of his experience.

“I was trembling, I couldn’t believe it,” he said.

Macron asked what condition the child had been in once he’d been rescued.

“He was crying, his feet were hurt” said Gassama, adding that he had seen the toddler since the incident.

“Bravo,” replied the president.

 

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 Watch 22 year old Mamoudou Gassama heroically scaling four stories of a building when he sees a toddler about to fall to a certain death. When he began climbing the neighbors did not have ahold of the child’s arm yet.

Film of the rescue shows Gassama pulling himself up from balcony to balcony with his bare hands as a man on the fourth floor tries to hold on to the child by leaning across from a neighbouring balcony.

On reaching the fourth floor Gassama puts one leg over the balcony before reaching out with his right arm and grabbing the child.

 A petition was set up on Sunday calling for Gassama to be given the right to stay in France.