Muslim employee hailed as hero

A hero emerges from the kosher supermarket bloodbath at the hands of an armed terrorist. A 24-year-old Muslim immigrant from Mali, Lassana Bathily, hid the customers in the store’s freezer— where they stayed for nearly 5 hours. The gunman killed 4 people that day, but more people would have died if it weren’t for Bathily and other quick-thinking customers. Several reports said Bathily was able to get out of the store to the police where he was able to provide information to law enforcement to end the siege. Police initially thought that he was a suspect.

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