They faced the bullets, hid some spread their hands to try to save lives during the attacks on Friday in Paris; Here are some stories of these spectators, neighbors, restaurateurs and security guards who were distinguished for their courage and humanity.
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The guards at the Bataclan
There were a total of six on the drama, under the baton of "Didi", an Algerian of 35 years who spoke to the newspaper Le Monde requesting anonymity.
You bet at the entrance, he rushed into the room to hear the first shots, shouting "Quick, quick, come in, they're shooting!". One of the guards opened an outlet relief of the bathrooms on the first floor. Didi led the first wave of spectators to this door on the bathroom, then he returned to the room to open another on the first floor. Too late, the attackers started shooting. "I must be the only one in the crowd I knew that out for help. It was necessary to show them the way, "he said. After the first volley of shots, he got up and headed for the door.
According to Didi, Steve Herman and his colleagues went through this door and circled around the Bataclan to help the first casualties. Noumouké up to the first floor by the head of the room and helped jump on the roof several spectators. Laurent took refuge along with other wounded.
He died to protect his wife
Richard Rammant, 53, saved his wife Marie-Do, covering his entire body during the assault to Bataclan. This fan of rock and Harley-Davidson motorcycles received several fatal bullets.
Sébastien saves a pregnant
Amid the shootout at the Bataclan, Sébastien escapes from the stairs leading to the boxes. On the ground, a pregnant woman is hanging over the edge of a window with his legs in a vacuum, says the newspaper La Provence. He helps her overcome.
After saving her, he hides. Not very well. "I felt the barrel of a Kalashnikov against my leg. One of the terrorists said, 'Baja there' "Attackers taken hostage along with another fifteen people. It will be released by special police forces (RAID). The woman managed to find saved through social media to thank him for his gesture.
In the strongest time of the attacks of suicide bombers, dozens of Twitter users spontaneously proposed to host someone at home among people who walks the streets and do not know what to do. Sylvain Lapoix, freelance journalist, launched the hashtag #PorteOuverte (PuertaAbierta). "I'm no lifeguard, police, fireman, I felt useless. Then tried to provide tips for using the network, "he explains. Within hours the tweet was retaken more than 300,000 times.
They opened their doors
Several neighbors spontaneously took in injured or people fleeing the shooting, as did the Vuibert family. In his living room, converted into makeshift camp, ten people "bloody," he told Metronews Aurélie Vuibert shelter. A neighbor, a doctor, gives first aid to a wounded Irish on one foot. Emergency services are slow to come, so it's in his car to the hospital.
Le Monde journalist, Daniel Psenny first shot at people fleeing the Bataclan then lose their apartment to assist. By helping a wounded young American is shot in the arm. He testifies in his diary: "He called the fire department but they could not evacuate. I called a friend who is a doctor, who told me how to make a tourniquet with my shirt. And we continue blocked until the arrival of aid. "
The chef Rodolphe Paquin, 46, restaurant owner Repaire de Cartouche, located behind the Bataclan, joined local tables to transform it into hospital. "We gave water, some napkins to people who were bleeding", before firefighters evacuate the most seriously injured.
The concierges answer the call
Natalia and Gabriel, porters for 15 years in a building of the street Oberkampf, near the Bataclan, were requested by the fire department to accommodate wounded and spectators. The victims, in a state of shock, were placed in the home, the yard is full. Lifeguards emergency medical services and a couple of surgeons who performed live in the building are four "surgical operations".
Nevertheless, three people died. When the voltage dropped, porters cleaned up, blood, syringes, scarves and coats left by the victims. In the morning, some residents who had gone to bed early the night before, did not notice anything.
Jose and Manuela, porters of another nearby building, took care of a hundred people who escaped welcoming them in the yard, seized by the police. "We provide all she had to revive and were warmed up," says the man to Le Parisien.
Edith hides under a chair
"A man saved the life of my wife yesterday at the Bataclan to hide under the seats and protect your body. Then he went. He did not know. Bruno called and wanted to thank you, "Clement, graphic designer by profession, wrote on his Facebook account. Thanks to social networks, where messages are shared thousands of times, Edith found her protector. "We only have a few drinks together," said Clement.
A commissioner and his driver
In full hostage, these two men were the first to enter the Bataclan and discover the scene of horror. With his bulletproof vest and a handgun, the police opened fire on one of the jihadists. The others are at the other plant. Then specialized teams take over.