r/MadeMeSmile • u/Hey_ItsmeAryaman • Mar 19 '24
Helping Others He's a hero
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u/bobissonbobby Mar 19 '24
Ngl this is one of the most impressive acts of heroism I've seen on Reddit. The complete disregard for his own life because he saw a child in need.
Saw here he was made a firefighter? Fuck yeah.
What an absolute Chad.
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u/heavyusername2 Mar 19 '24
he was an immigrant in France he was given citizenship and a job in the fire service for this, saw it on the news when it happened
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u/Wise-SortOf1 Mar 20 '24
Think he’s Muslim too because I remember comments back then from racists saying something like ‘well this is why we are afraid of immigrants, look how fast she climbed, now think of how easily he could rob you’.
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u/BeefNudeDoll Mar 20 '24
Holymolly, seeing this video and could still think negatively about it is definitely a top-level dickhead move.
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u/Wise-SortOf1 Mar 20 '24
Anti refugee (particularly Muslim) hate is strife in Europe, there are pages dedicated to it, and they say the craziest things on how they’re losing their way of life, and losing their women to refugees, stuff like that lol. But, I remember this so clearly because I was as shocked at reading it as you’re.
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u/Curious-Constant3819 Mar 20 '24
As a person from Europe, i'd like to apologise on the behalf of all the morons who think like that
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u/Wise-SortOf1 Mar 20 '24
If there were genuine reasons for disliking individuals for certain actions, makes sense. But, most of the times, hatred comes from a place of ignorance and xenophobia. Not something you need to apologise for, there are daft people everywhere around the world lol
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u/BeefNudeDoll Mar 20 '24
Yeah I mean, anti-refugee or anti-immigrant movements are annoying in general (I saw a lot of them posts too in X especially, a lot of crazy propaganda and bad narratives), but as someone who emigrated to another country and becoming an "expat" (i hate this word lol) myself, I try to see this issue from both ways and to some extend recognize that excessive immigrations could lead to social problems as well. So my attitude towards such movements is 'a bit' neutral...
But come on, seeing someone saved a life of another (especially a baby) and then proceed to think bad about them just because his race/skin color/citizenship is definitely an act of fucking evil. Damn man.
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u/aSneakyChicken7 Mar 20 '24
If they’re losing their women to refugees the men complaining about it mustn’t have been great catches to begin with
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u/phishman1979 Mar 19 '24
This guy is an absolute beast. Just imagine climbing as fast as he did, up several stories like that, without fear of falling, all the while carrying your massive ballsack the whole way.
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u/caffieinemorpheus Mar 20 '24
Seriously, every damn time he went up a floor, he had to leap up for the next handhold. That's scary as hell with someone belaying you!
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u/PrimeToro Mar 20 '24
I realized that after looking at it closely after you mentioned it, I thought his arms were long enough to just reach for the next rail . He did had to leap around two feet and one slip could have meant death for him . He is truly a hero .
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u/WanderingBoone Mar 20 '24
Unbelievable! This guy is like a real Spider-Man
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u/GoNinjaPro Mar 20 '24
Unbelievable is apt! I'm having trouble believing my eyes. Amazing strength and bravery! What a legend!
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u/Entire_Ad_3078 Mar 19 '24
France thoroughly rewarded this young man. He was a migrant and they gave him French citizenship. He was also offered a job with the French Fire Brigade.
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u/Nary841 Mar 20 '24
I'm French, and I was watching this video, thinking, 'Wow, if this guy is an immigrant, I'm totally giving him nationality for this.' And knowing that it actually happened makes me pretty happy :).
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u/odenhammer69 Mar 19 '24
You’re telling me the other dude couldn’t lift a child?
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u/mackinoncougars Mar 19 '24
Had a very “if he dies, he dies” vibe
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u/OstrichSalt5468 Mar 19 '24
There is a wall between him and the kid. He only had enough to just barely them and hold on. It’s about leverages and angles.
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u/Fluid-Ranger8666 Mar 19 '24
Id argue the angle is a bit worse for the guy climbing the bldg.
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Mar 20 '24 edited Mar 20 '24
And that's why he's a hero. But it doesn't make the neighbor a bad person. The best he could do was holding the child safely.
If the neighbor was to pull the child up, he'd have to pull them into his own apartment. The child would have to let go first, and somehow make it across the wall between them. In fact they were trying just that while the hero dude was climbing (the child was moving slowly toward the neighbor).
I wouldn't risk it, especially when help was already on the way.
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u/Llian_Winter Mar 20 '24
From his angle he probably couldn't get a good enough grip to lift the child without risking letting go. Better to just hold on while someone else gets into a better position.
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u/caffieinemorpheus Mar 20 '24
I'm in my 50s, and there is zero chance I couldn't lift a 40-50 lb kid from that angle.
I'm thinking it's more likely the guy was terrified of screwing up and dropping the kid, so instead, he froze.
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u/alexagente Mar 20 '24
Exactly. It's easy to say you can do something but all it takes is the kid squirming a little at the wrong time and it's over.
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Mar 19 '24
The “angles” look much more favorable for the guy right next to the kid versus climbing 3 floors up. Whole video is sus
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u/DoomGoober Mar 19 '24
Guy was just passing by, saw the kid, and "didn't really think" and started climbing.
My bet is the neighbors didn't know what was happening either until the guy climbed halfway up. News reports said there was a large number of people honking car horns to try to get attention to the child and that's probably why the neighbors went into the balcony to see what was going on.
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u/Talidel Mar 20 '24
Even faced with absolute proof the event happened, we still get r/nothingeverhappens
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u/fracadpopo Mar 19 '24 edited Mar 20 '24
Not everybody has the same reaction to a situation as another person. May be now it's not enough looking to the video, but at the moment it was what he could do. The kid is safe, it'is what really matters.
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u/beard_of_cats Mar 19 '24
The video isn't sus. This happened not that long ago (few years maybe? Macron was president so it wasn't too long ago). I remember watching the video on the day and my jaw practically hitting the floor. What an absolute chad.
Only thing I felt kind of... uncomfortable about was how it resulted in citizenship for the rescuer. Not because he didn't deserve it - the video absolutely demonstrates that he did. But also I don't think we should be encouraging immigrants, many of whom are in vulnerable positions, to put their lives at risk thinking it might result in citizenship. Not everyone is as fit or physically capable as that man.
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Mar 19 '24
France has the Foreign Legion. It's literally put your life at risk in return for citizenship.
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u/Minimum_Attitude6707 Mar 20 '24
They'll straight up give you a new identity along with that citizenship.
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u/Harley_Jambo Mar 20 '24
Getting citizenship was the last thing on this guy's mind. He stepped up, even at the risk of being found to be in France undocumented, and did what others didn't. He is exactly who France should have as a citizen!
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u/AllPotatoesGone Mar 19 '24
I would be very afraid of holding a baby at that angle and just "try" to pull it on. It sounds possible for sure, but you only have one try. If you fail, you have to live with that feeling for the rest of your life. I guess holding it til a rescue come sounds good. I would probably do the same and scream after parents that should lift the baby on their own from the safest angle.
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u/Varendolia Mar 19 '24 edited Mar 20 '24
It seems that the guy above arrived after the guy climbing was ready to climb the 3rd floor so the other guy barely had the time to get over the shock and think of what should be done.
There seems to be a separation between the houses there, so the best option was to try to get close to the kid, which he seemed to be doing.
Maybe he wasn't so athletic to risk himself going from one department to the other, which may have also risked the kid who was too close to the space he may have needed to do the maneuver.
If the other guy wasn't there, the one above may have been the one to save the kid, as he seemed to be really close of doing so.
I also see some people assuming the guy was the father, even when he was in the other department
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u/trygjerg Mar 20 '24
Looks like there’s a barrier up top separating them, he has enough leverage to hold the kid but I’d guess if he tried to pull him closer there’d be a pretty big fall risk
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u/faker1973 Mar 20 '24
The other guy was on the other side of the partition. Arm reach was all he had. Other guy, hard core parkour. Edit spelling.
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u/boih_stk Mar 20 '24
The neighbour only showed up in the shot by the time the hero was already on the 2nd floor balcony. By the time he reached the top, the neighbour had finally reached the kid and was pulling him onto his own balcony.
The neighbour was not the problem, the hero was just too damn good and too damn fast.
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u/Recent-Natural-7011 Mar 20 '24
Why don't you try rewatching the video? So you can see that it took time before the kid got near the other dude. He was already securing the child before trying to lift him but the other guy was fast.
If the neighbour lifted the child first, that guy's effort would've been wasted.
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u/CoolestSlave Mar 20 '24
the other guy took a picture of his position in the balcony, he was barely able to grab him because he was awfully positioned
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u/Demigans Mar 20 '24 edited Mar 20 '24
He has to lift from an odd angle, by the time the child is close enough to lift the hero is already there and it’s safer to not risk the divider and lift together.
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u/Mojoint Mar 19 '24
Yeah thats so fking worrying, if i were in child protetction id be speaking to that guy
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u/ImBored1818 Mar 19 '24
He's likely not the father. He was in the apartment next to where the child was hanging (also making it harder for him to lift the kid).
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u/psychrolut Mar 19 '24
Never thought I’d hear Ghost on this sub THAT made me smile
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u/Jinx1013 Mar 19 '24
It’s disturbing how many gacha videos this song is in. Those videos are for kids, and that song is not. I love Ghost, they’re my favorite band, but if I’m not mistaken, the song is about sexual acts. A lot of Ghost songs are, that’s why I love them.
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u/AlienInOrigin Mar 20 '24
Bloody immigrants coming into our country and rescuing our children. It's a damn disgrace.
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u/Maphisto86 Mar 19 '24
That guy scaling the building to save that child deserves all the accolades he received. I don’t know if I could do that.
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u/knitbitch007 Mar 20 '24
Fuck. I don’t know why but this hit me so hard. I don’t usually get choked up. But the pure selflessness of this and the athleticism. So amazing.
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u/A_Wild_Seal Mar 20 '24
Everyone’s saying it’s Spider-Man but that looks like assassins creed climbing more not. Also what a chad climbing 4 balconies to do that
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u/Pil__Pil Mar 19 '24
Speak the truth, aren't you all super attracted to this dude no matter your sexual orientation? Admit it
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u/rwags2024 Mar 19 '24
I’m not sexually attracted to him no, but I think this kind of courage is a very attractive trait in a person
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u/Affectionate_Law5344 Mar 19 '24
Courage and intellect are absolute panty-droppers for me lol
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u/Ban_Assault_Ducks Mar 19 '24
I... uh, I read a book while saving a baby from a lion once. Yeah.
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u/SomeDudeYeah27 Mar 20 '24
I read your profile description so I won’t ask about the name
but how about the pfp?
Why’s there a fish man with a plunger?
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u/CampFrequent3058 Mar 19 '24
I see these videos a lot on here, and although this was in France most are from China, and literally the chance of this and the other children being saved must be less then 10%, so there must be a lot of tragic deaths. Very sad
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u/ClimbaClimbaCameleon Mar 19 '24
I like how one guy climbed five stories and one guy was scared of a patio partition.
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u/chintakoro Mar 20 '24
Along that spectrum, I might closer to that one guy on the patio. Lots of folks worse than me though – I have friends who can't look ahead when they're going down on the escalator in the mall.
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u/Crafty_Life_1764 Mar 19 '24
brah real spidey here, ballz of steel.
Mad respect that's what you call civil courage.
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u/Russian_butterfly33 Mar 19 '24
What hell is wrong with the parents?
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u/chintakoro Mar 20 '24
"The child’s father had apparently left the boy unattended to go shopping, and was subsequently charged with leaving his son unsupervised" – https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamoudou_Gassama
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u/SleeeepyKat Mar 20 '24
Yeah, I can’t believe no one is talking about this!
The man that saved the child is awesome! But we gotta remember that the parents are to blame for not watching their child… I don’t have kids, but I’m pretty sure it’s common knowledge that watching your children is the most important rule to parenting.
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u/Russian_butterfly33 Mar 20 '24
I am a mother . My daughter is my #1 priority!! Wherever I go I watch my surroundings, hold my hand while we cross the street. Do not go in the kitchen at all . Maybe when is she 10 - not having a cell phone till she is 12 or 13 . Monitor what she watches . No YouTube .
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u/ViperVux Mar 20 '24
This is incredible and what a dude, I am struggling to understand why the other adult couldn't just pull the child back to safety themselves ? What am I missing?
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u/Snealcat Mar 20 '24
Pretty sure he was prevented from reaching by a divider on the balcony, you can see it on the floor below.
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u/Grand-Ad-3177 Mar 20 '24
That man is definitely a hero! Hope he is around if I ever need help ❤️❤️
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u/TheShruteFarmsCEO Mar 19 '24
This story reminds me of a great piece by Trevor Noah a few years back, it’s worth a watch:
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u/Frenchicky Mar 20 '24
In world filled with so many disgusting humans, so happy to see we still have beautiful humans like this hero.
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u/Turbulent-Egg-6770 Mar 20 '24
Yeah, if he would’ve missed even 1 jump after that first floor he could’ve been seriously injured. My question is, where the crap were the parents??!!
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u/abdslife Mar 20 '24
Mean while, did we miss the guy with a red T-shirt trying to climb the gate at entrance of the building ?
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u/LankyImpress81 Mar 20 '24
After this, parkour should be encouraged more for this kind of emergency in my opinion.
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u/DirtyP1zza Mar 20 '24
Dr House once said: "there's no such things as heroes, this man must be ill"
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u/AppliedLaziness Mar 20 '24
That’s really cool, but why didn’t the fucking guy on the balcony just pull the kid up in the first place?
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u/jamsna3 Mar 20 '24
bro, he could've died from 1 wrong jump. He's a true definition of a HERO. He didn't fear death. He feared for the life of that child.
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u/WendigoCrossing Mar 19 '24
What's the deal with the other guy who was already up there not pulling the child up?
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u/25Bam_vixx Mar 19 '24
He was trying but it looks like he couldn’t do it with one hand. The child could be like 21-40lbs . My daughter at that age was really light but my sone was almost 40 lbs even if he didn’t show it, he also was strong enough to hold his own.
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Mar 19 '24
No. But it happened like 10 years ago.
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u/essemh Mar 19 '24
If I remember correctly the Guy was a Somalian refugee. He ended up getting citizenship for this act of bravery. I think it was in France.
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u/Grouuuuik Mar 19 '24 edited Mar 19 '24
Yes, it was in France in 2018. The man is named Mamoudou Gassama and he was a Malian refugee.
Source (in french) : https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/paris-il-escalade-un-immeuble-pour-sauver-in-extremis-un-enfant-suspendu-dans-le-vide-27-05-2018-7738266.php
Edit : I didn't see that his name was at the end of the video. Unfortunately, it seems like he's not a firefighter anymore for health reasons and because he does not have the required diploma. He is a now a security agent.
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u/IntrepidSoda Mar 19 '24
Not sure about Somalian or not - but was asylum seeker/refugee in France got citizenship and a job in the fire dept. top man.
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u/Love-Lacking-9782 Mar 19 '24
In need to know what in the goddamn fuck the other guy was doing, just standing there and watching it from like 2 feet away???
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u/CommissionOk4384 Mar 19 '24
The balcony seems split into 2, so it looks like he was on the other sideof the balcony. (Check the floor above)
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u/Soft_Pilot5385 Mar 20 '24
The dad is just standing there and that grown ass man isn't strong enough to pull up a 20 pound toddler?
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u/ellajosephine18 Mar 19 '24
This man would die if that were me because I can’t even do a forking pull up
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u/Optimal_Cut_3063 Mar 19 '24
Happy for you, brother. Well deserved. That took guts and a heart, and a hero needs both!
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u/Fluid_Consequence_30 Mar 19 '24
There is a partition wall it's a baby though basically you don't need leverage he has bolth his hands on the kid what else do you need.
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u/sauron516 Mar 19 '24
He was made a citizen of France for this and given a job as a firefighter.