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Malian spiderman, Mamoudou Gassama honoured at BET awards
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Malian spiderman, Mamoudou Gassama honoured at BET awards

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Mamoudou Gassama, the Malian immigrant who scaled an apartment building in Paris to save the life of a dangling 4-year-old last month, was honoured at the 2018 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on Sunday night in Los Angeles, California.

The 22-year-old received a humanitarian award alongside Anthony Borges, James Shaw Jr., Justin Blackman, Naomi Wadler, and Shaun King.

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The spiderman parisian has since been granted a French citizenship by French President Emmanuel Macron and was also offered an enrollment to be a firefighter at the French fire service with a pay of 600 euros monthly for his humanitarian gesture.

 

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