How hero hiding in cardboard box guided police by texts as they moved in to take out jihadi brothers

[polly7]

Saturday, Jan 10th 2015

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2903870/The-hostage-terrorists-didn-t-know-Print-worker-hid-box-texted-police-Charlie-Hebdo-gunmen-held-boss-captive-final-showdown.html

Holed up in a printworks and surrounded by police, killers Said and Cherif Kouachi were unaware that commandos were being tipped off about their every move.
For, hidden in a cardboard box just yards away was 27-year-old Lilian Lepere.
And he was able to alert police about the location of the gunmen and the layout of the building.
For more than six hours the graphic designer passed on crucial information until the siege ended in a bloody shootout as the terrorist brothers, who had vowed to die as martyrs, burst out from their lair all guns blazing and were mown down in a hail of bullets.


Lilian Lepere, 27, hid in a cardboard box as the Charlie Hebdo gunmen held a father-of-two hostage for eight hours

[msanthrope]

1. Mr. Lepere, you will never have to buy yourself a drink for the rest of your life in Paris. nt

[7962]

17. Or anywhere else!

[Xipe Totec]

2. So much for cheese eating surrender monkey - Vive Lilian Lepere!

[cwydro]

7. Damn right. nt

[Sissyk]

3. Thank You, Lillian Lepere!

I'm so glad to read you made it through this.

[TeamPooka]

4. I didn't know they went out Butch and Sundance style. nt

[jtuck004]

8. They should cover their bodies in blankets made of the cartoons. n/t

[7962]

18. And wrap that up with bacon. Wonder how that would be covered?

And I wonder what will be done with their bodies now?

[erronis]

27. Sacre bleu! Think of the pigs!

[silverweb]

5. Gutsy!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Now there's a courageous young man who didn't let panic overwhelm him and used his head!

[uppityperson]

6. Wow! k&r and love this photo of him

[blackspade]

10. Steampunk for the win!

[catchnrelease]

13. +1 !!

Excellent!

[NaturalHigh]

9. Gutsy man.

[jtuck004]

11. Cell phone and network technology came from investments

in our people, and other countries investments in theirs.

Times like this, seems we should be doing more instead of cutting, give more opportunities to good folks, like this guy, who can keep their heads.

[polly7]

26. More heroism using technology from inside the kosher supermarket siege.

‘I managed to get my phone out discreetly and got in touch with the police outside while the terrorist was roaming the aisles.

‘A policeman told me that we should be ready to throw ourselves flat on the ground when the assault came, which would be soon.

‘It was obvious that the terrorist was preparing to die. He said it was his reward. He had a weapon in each hand and boxes of cartridges nearby. He suddenly began to pray.

‘My mobile was still on. The police had heard it all. Minutes later the shop grille was lifted. We knew it was the start of the assault.

‘We flung ourselves to the ground. The noise was deafening. He was dead. It was over.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2903950/First-chilling-image-shows-murdered-hostage-dramatic-standoff-ends-deaths-terororist-four-captives.html

A bit more on the murderers for anyone interested: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2903601/Wife-Kosher-supermarket-killer-armed-dangerous-run-police-warn.html

[JDPriestly]

28. I'm with you.

[madokie]

12. Thats what Hero's are made of Sir

[leanforward]

22. I'll second that, sir.

[ReRe]

14. This man defines...

... nerves of steel.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. These guys went out like Butch and Sundance?

[Bonobo]

16. Must be an MGS fan.

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[Glassunion]

25. +1.

I LOL'ed

[vanlassie]

19. I just know, if it had been me, I would have run out of battery

[brer cat]

24. good one.

That would be me for sure.

[LittleBlue]

20. That is brave

Well done, Mr Lepere

[Thespian2]

21. To keep your mind

working when chaos is all around you...makes Mr. Lepere a hero in the truest sense of the word.

[Cha]

23. Thank you for this, polly..To Lillan Lepere and the Gendarme!

[JDPriestly]

29. And note, he did not need to carry a weapon! His cell phone helped him defend himself.

If he had tried to shoot the terrorists, he probably would not have lived to help the police.

[The Jungle 1]

30. Why not me

Let's see young, good looking, smart and a hero. Oh man he is so hooked up.

So there are only a couple of things that really matter in life.
Love.
Good food.
Good sex.
I am not sure of the order on the last two. But I know together does not work.

I am real jealous. Just saying.
He lives in France. Best food and sex.

Me, old and fat.
Well I do have.
Love
She is a good Pa Dutch cook.
Good old sex.

Ok whats he got on me!

Nice job Lillian
You are what freedom is about!
Enjoy your fame.

[Ex Lurker]

31. Okay, I'll say it

8 hours is a long time to go without peeing.

[sulphurdunn]

32. Will someone please tell American conservatives (Tories)

that, but for the "cheese eating surrender monkey, freedom fry loving Frogs," they'd have grown up singing "God Save the Queen" every morning in school. Their fathers would have been the colonial arm of the British Expeditionary Force that landed at Normandy, and Bedford Falls would be called Downton Abbey.