Rappler's latest stories on Mamoudou Gassama
Father of boy saved in Paris 'Spiderman' drama to face court
The 4-year-old's father, who has not been named, faces a potential criminal conviction for leaving the child unattended in their sixth-floor apartment, popping out to buy groceries
France's 'Spiderman' joins fire brigade as citizenship awaits
Video footage of Mamoudou Gassama scaling 4 storeys of the building with his bare hands sends the young man to global fame, and earns him the promise of citizenship from French President Emmanuel Macron
Migrant 'Spiderman' who saved child praised by France's Macron
But several aid groups accuse President Emmanuel Macron of 'political exploitation,' 'hypocrisy,' and covering up a harsh policy towards migrants
'Hero' Malian saves child, 4, in spectacular Paris rescue
Film of the rescue shows Gassama, 22, pulling himself up from balcony to balcony with his bare hands as a man on the fourth floor tries to hold on to the child by leaning across from a neighboring balcony
