Region – A suicidal person in Paris saved from a distance by the Gard gendarmes
On October 27, 2021, the gendarme in charge of reception at the gendarmerie of BOUILLARGUES (30), receives a phone call from a resident of the town. This person informs the gendarmes that he is playing online on the internet by exchanging messages with other players. He specifies that one of the players who would remain in PARIS, would have been part of his intention to end his life by absorbing drugs and alcohol.
The situation was immediately taken seriously by the orderly of the gendarmerie of BOUILLARGUES. Despite the little indication in his possession (a first name – PARIS and a telephone number), the soldier quickly succeeded in locating an address in PARIS.
He immediately alerts the firefighters of PARIS who dispatch a vehicle. The individual will be found by the emergency services in a comatose state. He will be evacuated in critical condition to a hospital in the capital.
The lucidity of the appellant, the professionalism of the military gendarmerie and the responsiveness of the firefighters of PARIS made it possible to save a person who was trying to end his life 800 kilometers away.
Hopefully the victim’s state of health improves.