Having featured as the backdrop to Mamoudou “Spider-Man” Gassama’s dramatic rescue act last weekend in Paris, the six-storey apartment building has become an unlikely attraction and the city’s hottest spot for a selfie. “Since Saturday, it hasn’t stopped,” Chantal, who lives in the bloc in the 18th Arrondissement of northern Paris, told AFP, giving only her first name. The Malian migrant, 22, arrived illegally in France in September 2017 and had been working in the construction industry before his Spider-Man-style climbing propelled him to global superstardom. Visibly shy and uncomfortable in front of the cameras, Gassama began a new life as a trainee fireman this week after signing a contract with the Paris service. The father of the rescued child is being prosecuted and will face court in September for having left his child while he went shopping.

Source: Punch June 01, 2018 15:00 UTC