For this carrot-haired child from a quiet family in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, it all began with images seen in the television news of December 26, 1994. David Corona is 8 years old and he is caught up in the news bulletin that shows how a commando of Algerian Islamists took control of flight AF 8969 bound for Paris.
On board, 241 hostages.
At the end of 54 hours of an unbearable camera, the GIGN leads an assault of anthology.
That day, this elite gendarmerie group saved 241 lives and gave birth to a new vocation.
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The child is fascinated by what he has seen.
A few years later, he shows up at the local police station.
They laugh in his face and send him back to his studies.
The road will be long.
He has a few extra pounds.
Begins the great initiation, which brings into the overtrained universe of soldiers from the shadows.
Jogging, pool, pull-ups, push-ups, abs, rope, commando walking, boxing.
And we start again.
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