Wednesday, at 7:30 p.m., when Noah, 8, returns with his grandparents to their home in Saint-Philibert, the house has been searched, it is upside down. A burglary occurred in their absence. Arrived on the spot, the two gendarmes of the Gevrey-Chambertin brigade find the child frightened, in tears, upset by the situation.
The child dreams of becoming an elite gendarme
Particularly attentive and anxious to do well, the soldiers reassure young Noah. The child then explains to them that he dreams of becoming a gendarme and more particularly a member of the elite unit of the GIGN (Intervention group of the national gendarmerie). To comfort him, a key ring from the Dijon GIGN branch is given to the boy as well as a badge from the Dijon company. Enough to make Noah smile again, to the great satisfaction of his parents and grandparents present on site.
“The gendarmes took into account his distress and they were touched by this young boy. Yes, we are also there to reassure the population. This is also the main mission of the institution, ”assures the officer of the Dijon company.
“For us, this beautiful story, two days before Christmas, was also a sunshine on this sad day for all the gendarmerie. It brought us a little softness after the traumatic events of the morning in the Puy-de-Dôme and the death of three gendarmes. This drama reminds us that there is no small intervention, our job is dangerous. But we are committed to being there, at the service of the population, elected officials and the nation. ”
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