A Malian migrant has been hailed a hero after he scaled the front of a building in Paris to save a child hanging from a fourth-floor balcony, the media reported on Monday. Video of the 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama’s spectacular rescue went viral on social media on Sunday, reports the BBC. In less than a minute, he pulls himself from balcony to balcony and grabs the four-year-old as a neighbour tries to hold the child from an adjoining flat. The incident took place on Saturday evening on a street in the north of the city. She referred to him as the “Spiderman of the 18th”, referring to the Paris district where the rescue took place.

Source: Hindustan Times May 28, 2018 03:56 UTC