Margency: the police make a Christmas raid on sick children

A guard of honor welcomes the sick children of Margency.

That made up of about fifty police and firefighters who came to the Red Cross hospital to offer an enchanted break to young patients on the occasion of Christmas.

The police, those from the Enghien police station, at the origin of the initiative, accompanied by many officials from the DDSP 95, municipal police officers and ten men from the National BRI, applaud the children.

These elite police officers from the Search and Intervention Brigade - the BRI gave the final assault on the Bataclan - came with their impressive equipment, including an armored vehicle, and were quickly the center of children's attention.

They all wanted to shoulder the assault rifle or the sniper rifle.

“We were approached by the Enghien police station.

We found the initiative magnificent ”, confides on the spot the divisional commissioner Hervé Gac, who directs the unit which depends on the central direction of the judicial police.

“It seemed essential to us to come for the sick children.

It is touching.

They are the real warriors!

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Margency Hospital for Sick Children.

The officers of the elite BRI unit made a strong impression on the children.

LP / Frédéric Naizot

The men of the BRI are equipped and hooded as if they had to leave in the minute on mission. The children are impressed. "Isn't that a real one?" »Asks a young teenager hospitalized in Margency, in front of a shotgun. A BRI policeman assures him that it is indeed a real one, adding that it is secure and that it is best not to target anyone. “I want to shoot,” adds the teenager. "Uh, no, we're not going to shoot with ..." the official replied. Another explains the red dot that allows you to aim despite the visor that protects against bullets. "They do not pass," he assures us. "It's difficult… Do we do it like that?" Asks Raphael, a young teenager, who tries to shoulder a long gun.

Margency Hospital for Sick Children.

Fifty police officers including those of the elite unit of the BRI celebrated Christmas with the hospitalized children.LP / Frédéric Naizot

During this time the other children roar the engines of the motorcycles, trigger the two-tone of the large scale of the firefighters or of the Bac car ... "It's not very quiet for a hospital", smiles Loïc Alixant, the departmental director of the police of Val-d'Oise.

10,000 euros in gifts and 50 tablets

“This year, we have organized ourselves better than last year. We are more seasoned. We were able to bring together the BRI, the firefighters, the national police, the municipal police… ”confides Commissioner Eva Tardy, who heads the Enghien police station, at the origin of this initiative spearheaded by Samira Beillot, police officer in Enghien and responsible the National Association for Social Action of National Police and Interior Ministry Staff (Anas). “We also launched an Internet fund that allowed us to raise more than 10,000 euros to buy gifts for children. A sponsor also allows us to bring 50 tablets which will be distributed in the hospital departments. So that children, some of whom are isolated during their hospitalization, can communicate with their families. "

Margency Hospital for Sick Children.

A pot launched on the Internet has raised more than 10,000 euros to buy gifts for children.

A patron also brought 50 tablets.

LP / Frédéric Naizot

Ninety children of the establishment of the Red Cross were thus concerned this Friday, succeeding one another in groups of 30 so as not to mix because of their pathologies.

“This day makes them smile and they have plenty of stars in front of their eyes,” underlines Gaëlle Boisadant, head of the specialized pediatrics department at Margency.

It changes their daily lives.

They were looking forward to this day.

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