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Man risks his life on ledge to rescue six from apartment fire, including infants

Summary by vt.co
A Paris man is being celebrated as a national hero after risking his life to save six people - including two infants - from a burning apartment building.The dramatic rescue took place on the sixth floor of a residential building in the French capital, where thick smoke was seen billowing from one of the windows.Video footage captured by TikTok user @diya.pcsso shows 39-year-old Fousseynou Cissé barefoot and balancing on a narrow ledge several st…
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp channel and carry the information in the palm of your hand. Conserje becomes a hero after saving six people Fousseynou Cissé, a janitor at a school in Paris, risked his life to save a mother and her children trapped in a fire. Hearing the alarm, he climbed up to the sixth floor and, without hesitation, walked down a ledge to rescue them. In total, he saved six people, including two babies. His heroic act was recognized …

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vt.co broke the news in on Saturday, July 12, 2025.
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