Overview

• Interior Minister has approved a bravery award for Cissé with a formal decoration to be bestowed in the coming weeks
• Ten building occupants were hospitalised for smoke inhalation and local authorities report all are now recovering
• Senator Rémi Féraud praised Cissé’s “impressive courage” on social media and MEP Matthieu Valet urged Paris to recognise his selfless act
• Cissé said he anchored himself by straddling two buildings and used his long arm span to pull four children and two adults to safety
• The rescue has reignited concerns over high-rise fire safety as smoke can quickly cut off escape routes on upper floors