‘Spider-Man’ of Paris rescues dangling child

Mamoudou Gassama, an undocumented immigrant from Mali, scaled a building in and rescued a child dangling from the fourth floor.

A star was born over the weekend in France. Mamoudou Gassama, an immigrant from Mali, scaled a building in Paris on Saturday night and saved a child who had been dangling from the fourth floor of a building. The act earned him the nickname “Spider-Man” and many in France consider him a hero.

Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler reports from Paris.