Restaurant workers to save two women in Paris

The inside of the restaurant Casa Nostra, where Safer work. Getty

When the shooting occurred on Friday (13/11) night, Safer was working in the bar restaurant Casa Nostra in Paris.



That night, he almost became casualties. Now he tells the events of the attack.

"I was behind the bar. We heard the explosion - a very loud boom. Everybody started screaming, falling glass. Horrible. There was glass everywhere, on our faces."

"I saw two women shot in the cafe terrace. One on the wrist, the other in the shoulder. They were bleeding profusely."

Although dangerous, Safer felt she had to help.

Safer to wait until the shooting stopped briefly, he then ran out and helped the two injured.

"I raised them and bring them down to the basement. I sit with them and tried to stop the bleeding. As below, we heard gunfire continues. It's scary."

Although dangerous, Safer felt he had to help two women were injured.

They survived a much more severe situation.

"When we came out, we saw the bodies in the streets. Many were wounded."

Jean-Paul Lugon, 54, lived nearby and arrived a few minutes after the attackers had gone.

He was in the kitchen when she heard successive shots.

"The sound of gunfire was heard for a long time. At least two to three minutes of gunfire did not stop. Can you imagine? I ran down and saw three bodies on the floor."

"I do not want to close and continue to remember what I saw," he said. "I know, I would have trouble sleeping. I have a daughter aged 11 years who did not want to go out. Very bad."

"I am very angry," he said. "Really angry. It is ordinary people - they do not ask a victim."

"I think I should be grateful: should I meet some people here tonight, but canceled."

Jean-Paul Logan was originally an appointment to meet people in Casa Nostra, but canceled.

Casa Nostra is located in the east arrondissement 11, the area inhabited by many Muslims and Arabs. Lugon shocked the region have been targeted.

"They do not go to the 16th arrondissement or district other rich people so that immigrants stand out. Why here?"

In the 18th arrondissement is also one of the central Paris residence Muslims, anger was evident.

"We are not them," said Jamal, 44, about the attackers. "We have nothing to do with them. We feel disgusted."

He was worried about the wider impact of this attack against the Muslim community.

"The French do not accept us," he said.

The role of Islam in France continues to be part of public debate.

Jamal worried about the impact of an attack in Paris against the treatment of the Muslim community in France.

During an attack on the office of Charlie Hebdo magazine earlier this year by French citizens, the question arises about the Muslim youth in the country.

Why would they want to hurt people in the name of God? What is wrong in their lives? Are there any special problems in France?

Safer do not know the answer. He lived in the 11th arrondissement and a Muslim of Algerian descent.

In some ways, the story is similar to Lassana Bathily, a Muslim immigrant from Mali that help protect people who are shopping in a supermarket in January.

Both of them risk their lives in an attempt to rescue the victim.

I asked what he thought about the killer who claimed their actions in the name of religion.

"It has nothing to do with religion. Muslims who actually do not kill people. They are criminals," says Safer. (bbc)