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

[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."

[American in Israel]

I wish him a long and painful recovery, followed by a long and painful interrogation. Then a long drop on a short rope.

[nomad]

I let him die. Maybe IF you were a bleeding heart retard, but would you, sane enough to be a Conservative, continue CPR when the mooselimb swine turd is wired with a suicide vest? It`s not just your life but bystanders too.