We have to write so much on the negative that exists, but we should recognize and honor the heroic.
Via The Independent:
The Malian national who was hailed as a hero for helping hostages to safety during the kosher supermarket siege in Paris is to be given French citizenship, French media have reported.
Lassana Bathily was the subject of an online petition signed by around 300,000 people, calling for him to be given a French passport as well as the Legion d’honneur, the country’s highest honour.
Mr Bathily has been widely praised for his actions to save people who would otherwise have been held captive by the extremist terrorist Amedy Coulibaly, who was later shot dead by police.
Announcing the award for Mr Bathily on Thursday, France’s interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said he would personally preside over the ceremony on Tuesday 20 January.