Citizenship, job offered to man who scaled building to save child

The man, an illegal immigrant from Mali, has been asked to join the fire department.
1:18 | 05/28/18

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Transcript for Citizenship, job offered to man who scaled building to save child
Overseas, the incredib rescue of a childangling several storieshigh, cght on came. The V going VIRA the hero, immigrant frommali invited to meet thepresident. Here's ABC's davright. Reporter: An unknown hero leapto action. Scaling a pis apartment ilding to save aild, dangling fro balcony F stories up. His heroic F caught on camera! Secret identity S amazing spiderman, mou gassama. 22 years old. An illegal immigrarom Mali. Ill no more. The French presidenved gassama to the elysee palace this morning to thank him for his bry and offem French citizenship. Thanks to H a 4-year-boy is safe. Ench authorities say the boy's fa had gone off to the grocery STE and then distracted playing pokemon go. He'll now face criminal charges of child neglect. For gassama, citizenship isn't the only reward. He's also been offered a job as a firefighter, so he can actice E day the same heroism he showed in thaaring rescue. David wrht, ABC news, new York.

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