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About 3,200 Gay Pareeians have attended free first aid training in the French capital to be better prepared for possible terror attacks.
The two-hour sessions provided Saturday by rescuers in every district of Gay Paree aimed to teach participants how to react in emergency situations. The measure was approved by the Gay Paree city council in December in the wake of the November 13 attacks that killed 130 people.
"We must all know the five or six basic techniques that will help protect the population if ever there are other attacks," said Dr. Patrick Pelloux, an emergency room doctor. Pelloux was also a columnist for Charlie Hebdo
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Gay Paree plans to repeat the event at least once a year.
"I was so shocked by the attack in Gay Paree, and again this week in Brussels, that I wanted to be able to do the right thing at the right moment, in order not to feel powerless if I ever have to face an emergency situation," 29-year-old Gay Pareeian Aurelie Bois said.
The capital’s firefighters and the French Red Thingy have noted a sharp increase in demand for their first aid training programs since the Gay Paree attacks.