At the end of the line, his voice is weak and Mohamed still does not seem to be aware of the shock suffered.
On his hospital bed, he is still groggy, knocked out by the assault he suffered on March 2.
On his 19th birthday, he heard the cries of a woman at the bottom of his building at 84, a popular district of Sartrouville (Yvelines).
Maïssame, 17, went down to smoke a cigarette, was attacked with a knife by a man.
“When I saw the girl get screwed, I jumped on the abuser,” says Mohamed.
We didn't know each other, but I didn't really think about it, it was natural… ”
According to doctors, he has a 10% chance of walking again
An act of bravery paid at a high price.
While the teenager receives five stab wounds, four of which are in the chest, Mohamed is in turn struck four times, first in the face, then in the right elbow and deeper in the back, at the level of the spinal cord.
He won't get up.
Urgently transported to the Georges-Pompidou hospital in Paris (15th century), at the same time as Maïssame, he was plunged into a coma due to the severity of his injuries.
“Today, I no longer feel my legs,” says Mohamed.
And the doctors only give me a 10% chance of walking again.
"
Maïssame is out of the woods.
Before leaving the hospital, last Thursday, she came to greet and thank her benefactor, in her room.
"He saved my life.
Without him, I will no longer be there ”
“She was devastated and fell into my arms in tears,” says Nassima, the brave young man's mother.
She kept telling me:
I'm sorry, Mohamed died because of me…
I told him that he shouldn't speak like that, that Mohamed was still alive and that he had to pray for him.
I am of Muslim faith and I believe a lot in destiny.
It is obviously very unfortunate, but today we turn to God.
"
“Yes, he saved my life.
Without him, I will no longer be there, specifies the person concerned, still marked by this terrible gratuitous aggression.
This man didn't even ask me for a cigarette and he pounced on me.
"
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“My son reacted like this because these are the values I taught him,” adds Mohamed's mother, the eldest of her four children.
He's always been hyperactive and he's done a lot of stupid things in his life, could have ended up in prison but he had finally found the right path.
"
Aziz, Gilles, Bouziane, Arnaud, Ahcène and Farid (from left to right), colleagues and friends of Mohamed.LP / Stéphane Corby
The difficult divorce of his parents, at the age of 13, has shaken up his daily life and may explain his past wanderings.
But, for two years, with the return to his mother and the extended hand of the School of the second chance, Mohamed planned to become a plumber and to pass his driving license.
His colleagues launch a quest to help him
In the meantime, he had been “adopted” by the staff of the Jardin du Val mini-supermarket in Argenteuil (Val-d'Oise), where he had just signed a CDI.
“He's really a good kid, kind and hardworking, confide Arnaud and Ahcène, his department colleagues who have launched a quest to help their young friend.
He went through very difficult times and, with us, we felt that he had hope to finally get out of it.
We are all devastated by the drama that strikes him.
"
“It was an example of successful integration and we end up with a cripple for life, deplores Gilles, customer of the brand and who appreciated the professionalism of the boy.
In my opinion, he deserves to receive the medal of courage awarded by the State.
"
Apprehended by the police forces following the intervention of Mohamed's cousin, the aggressor of Maïssame and Mohamed sleeps, him, today in prison.
