Overview

• Fousseynou Cissé climbed onto a narrow ledge linking two buildings on July 4 to rescue four children and two adults from a smoke-engulfed sixth-floor apartment.
• Paris Police Chief Laurent Nunez announced Cissé will receive a medal for his courage and the Interior Ministry will co-decorate him in mid-July.
• President Emmanuel Macron personally congratulated Cissé by phone and invited him to join the Bastille Day parade as a tribute to his selfless act.
• Cissé holds only a French residency permit and is now pressing Paris Town Hall to secure him a stable municipal position in recognition of his public service.
• Ten residents were hospitalized for smoke inhalation and the incident has revived debate over fast-tracking employment and citizenship for immigrant rescuers.