Athoumani Walid, a 25-year-old Comorian student, is one of the "heroes" who received two children stranded on the third floor, more than ten meters high, while a fire ravaged their building in Grenoble on Tuesday. He testifies to his fear and his pride at the microphone of Europe 1. 

TESTIMONY

Two children stranded in a burning building, on the 3rd floor, with no other choice but to jump out the window ... The video of the incredible rescue that took place Tuesday evening in Grenoble is striking. Residents of the neighborhood where the fire took place received the miraculous, aged 3 and 10, who came out without injury. Europe 1 collected the testimony of Athoumani Walid, a 25-year-old Comorian student, one of the "heroes" of the scene. 

"With a lot of courage, they took confidence in us"

"From my house I could hear them: 'We don't have the keys, help us'", he says. "I came down from my house, there were other people downstairs, we didn't really know what to do. We took the elevator, we went up to floor 2 (of the building on fire, editor's note ) and we tried to force the door open, but it didn't work. "

"We went back outside, we told them: 'Go jump, jump'", continues the rescuer, who was more than ten meters lower than the children. "With a lot of courage they gained confidence in us. The taller threw the smaller one first, we stretched out our arms, we took him in. After he too came up through the window, he launched himself, we grabbed it too. "

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"We saved their lives"

Aware of having "saved the life" of these two children, Athoumani Walid says he is "very proud" of himself and "of all the people who were there to encourage, whether they participated or not". The student, who broke a wrist while receiving the two miraculous, also and above all wishes to emphasize their guts: "It was a strong decision on their part. (...) There was only to save them. lives that mattered, there was no fear, nothing else that mattered. "