Gassama, who has been nicknamed ‘African spiderman,’ was presented the award alongside five other persons at the BET awards, which held on Sunday in Los Angeles, USA.
The 22-year-old Malian native’s path to the award started when he rescued a 4-year-old dangling from a fourth-floor balcony in Paris in May.
Of the heroic moment, Gassama told Le Parisien: “I did not think of the floors … I did not think of the risk. I did it because it’s a child.”
Gassama has been given French citizenship, as well as a fire-fighter job.
The other 2018 BET Humanitarian Heroes include James Shawn Jr., Anthony Borges, Naomi Wadler, Justin Blackman, and Shaun King.
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