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Exclusive: In Paris attack, nurse discovers the man he tried to save was bomber
Reuters ^ | 11/21/2015 | BY MARIE-LOUISE GUMUCHIAN AND PAULINE MEVEL

Posted on 11/22/2015 6:00:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind

In the chaos of the explosion at the Comptoir Voltaire cafe, one of several targets hit in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, nurse David instinctively sought to help the wounded.

Among them was a man lying amid overturned chairs and tables. David, who asked to be called just by his first name, lay him down. The man did not look to have massive injuries, but appeared unconscious, so David began CPR, the cardiopulmonary resuscitation he'd been trained for.

When he tore open the man's t-shirt, David quickly realized that what he initially thought was a gas explosion at the cafe close to the Bataclan music hall where gunmen killed 89, was actually something far worse.

"There were wires; one white, one black, one red and one orange. Four different colors," he told Reuters. "I knew then he was a suicide bomber."

The man David was trying to resuscitate was Brahim Abdeslam, one of those involved in a series of deadly attacks that killed 130 people at bars, restaurants, a soccer stadium and a music hall. No one other than Abdeslam died at the cafe.

In an amateur video obtained by Reuters, two men can be seen from outside the cafe trying to resuscitate a man lying on the floor. One is believed to be David, the other is unknown.

Near them, another person lies wounded on the floor amid spatters of blood.

"The first wire I saw was red. I think that was the detonator," David said. "There was something at the end."

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bomber; paris; terrorism
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1 posted on 11/22/2015 6:00:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

so, what do you do when you see the wire, mouth to mouth, or do you try to restart the heart first?


2 posted on 11/22/2015 6:03:56 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh wow. Could have set the rest of it off. How sad, trying to save someone and could have lost his life.


3 posted on 11/22/2015 6:06:01 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

You either let him die..........or you kill him....


4 posted on 11/22/2015 6:08:00 AM PST by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: Boonie

perhaps keep the terrorist alive for intel purposes ... then execute him for murder ... a win-win ...


5 posted on 11/22/2015 6:16:45 AM PST by Patton@Bastogne
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To: SeekAndFind
CLEAR!
6 posted on 11/22/2015 6:17:57 AM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

OK...That works....


7 posted on 11/22/2015 6:19:01 AM PST by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: SeekAndFind

keep him alive so you can choke him with slices of bacon. then set him on fire....all haram in islam...no virgins for you...aloha snackbar


8 posted on 11/22/2015 6:21:05 AM PST by montag813
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To: Balding_Eagle

so, what do you do when you see the wire, mouth to mouth, or do you try to restart the heart first? ......................... You go to the kitchen, get a heavy towel, and a bucket of water. If none available you ask the women to donate a pair of panties? Then you get him to talk, but only after you read him his Miranda rights.


9 posted on 11/22/2015 6:34:52 AM PST by Bringbackthedraft (In the words of Oliver Hardy; "Another fine mess you have gotten us into.")
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To: SeekAndFind

So what do you do? If he is moving, get the hell out of there. If he looks like he is reasonably immobilized, put a rope around each hand and foot and tie him spread eagled on the floor and let the bomb squad deal with him. Hopefully they can remove the bomb without out it going off and the guy’s life is saved. Unfortunately, with the tendency to just kill these guys, all opportunities are lost to gather any intelligence.... since they are all using encrypted communication, it might be the only hope to find out anything.


10 posted on 11/22/2015 6:51:08 AM PST by hecticskeptic (In life it's important to know what you believe�.but more more importantly, why you believe it.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Abdeslam's bomb had not fully exploded.

Ab must not have been paying close attention during mosque-clock-making training.
11 posted on 11/22/2015 6:53:36 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: hecticskeptic; All

Gathering Intelligence ???
These are Third world, 7th century members of a satanic death Cult,,,

what else is there to Know?


12 posted on 11/22/2015 7:02:40 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Leave him lay there-go try to help someone worthy of your efforts.


13 posted on 11/22/2015 7:08:09 AM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Big Red Badger

Well, if he was part of a cell that was planning another attack, I’d think that it would be important to try to find that out....


14 posted on 11/22/2015 7:09:23 AM PST by hecticskeptic (In life it's important to know what you believe�.but more more importantly, why you believe it.)
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To: hecticskeptic

A self imploder is at the bottom of the barrel in All respects
and who needs to be exposed to it’s stench?


15 posted on 11/22/2015 8:16:27 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: SeekAndFind

If he lived he can sue for not being allowed his ‘virgins’.


16 posted on 11/22/2015 8:17:51 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Was the SOB dead?


17 posted on 11/22/2015 8:21:42 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

I now read that he did. Oops


18 posted on 11/22/2015 8:22:18 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: Farmer Dean

After making sue he is good an dead, preferably.


19 posted on 11/22/2015 8:24:50 AM PST by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: Farmer Dean

You cripple his hands (I’d prefer chopped-off), in case he regains conscienceness.

I’d hate to have survived something like that only to turn my back on the faker and buy the farm from behind.


20 posted on 11/22/2015 8:37:56 AM PST by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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