A 24-year-old Muslim employee of the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Paris is being called a hero after his quick thinking saved several customers during Friday's hostage situation.
Bathily told French television station BFMTV he went into a freight elevator, and ran outside. He was stopped by police, and after explaining who he was told the officers how to get to the freezer. "When [the hostages] came out, they congratulated me," Bathily said.
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