The second injured adult was discharged from a hospital and was among dozens of people that Macron met and thanked, his left elbow still bandaged. A wounded Dutch girl also has improved and a critically injured adult - who was both knifed and wounded by a shot that police fired as they detained the suspected attacker - is regaining consciousness, Macron said. The president had reassuring news about the victims, expressing hope after speaking to doctors about their injuries that “normally things will continue to improve.” The most critically injured children, two cousins, were stabilized and “doctors were very confident,” Macron said.Ī wounded British girl “is awake, she’s watching television,” Macron added, speaking to first responders.
“I’ll take care of it personally,” the French leader replied. Henri asked Macron to be invited to the reopening of Notre Dame in Paris next year, following repairs to the cathedral damaged in a fire in 2019.
“You experienced very hard moments, traumatizing,” Macron said. The French leader toured hospitals to meet victims and their families and thanked medical workers, police, firefighters, civilians - including Henri - and others whose first aid and swift actions helped save lives. Henri, who is on a nine-month walking and hitchhiking tour of France’s cathedrals and happened to be in the Alpine town of Annecy when the attacker rampaged Thursday though its lakeside park, also got personal words of gratitude Friday from President Emmanuel Macron. But rather than run, Henri held his ground - using a weighty backpack he was carrying to swing at the assailant and fend off his blade.įrench media hailed Henri as “the hero with a backpack” Friday after he was shown in a video grappling with the assailant and charging after him during the knife attack that critically wounded four children between the ages of 22 months and 3 years old, and also injured two adults. LE PECQ, France (AP) - The attacker slashed at the 24-year-old Catholic pilgrim with the knife that he used to savagely stab one young child after another.
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