He was one of the survivors of the January 7, 2015 terrorist attack in charlie hebdo. Simon Fieschi, seriously injured in the attack, ended his life on the night of Thursday to Friday at the age of 40, it was learned Release and France Inter on Saturday, October 19.
While working as a webmaster at the satirical newspaper, Simon Fieschi was the first in the editorial team to be shot by the Kouachi brothers. “Survivor of the attack on “Charlie”, Simon Fieschi struggles to overcome the horror of which he had been one of the victims. There are scars that many no longer see but that never heal. I will never forget Simon. “I send my love to his family.”On the 10th, he greeted the former President of the Republic, François Hollande.
“Simon Fieschi was a man of exceptional sensitivity and intelligence”announced in X the honorary president of the 13onze15 association, Georges Salines, recalling that the former journalist “He was one of those who accompanied us to the schools to talk to the students and support the teachers.”
“Thoughts for Simon Fieschi, his loved ones and all the victims of terrorism. Current and past »The spokesperson for the national police, Sonia Fibleuil, also reacted in X.
“I am in post-trauma and I will be there all my life. »
During the trial for the attack on charlie hebdo In September 2020, Simon Fieschi spoke about his physical and psychological state, the consequences of a Kalashnikov shot that had “ affected the spine » and with “The explosion effect compressed the spinal cord.”
“When the body is affected so severely, it cannot break down psychologically. It came later, when the physical condition stabilized. I have not had depression, but I can say that I am in post-trauma, and that I will be there for the rest of my life. I have difficulty concentrating, episodes of sadness, anger, how-so-good. Moments when we scratch the bottom a little”said. Mr. Fieschi also testified at the end of September during the trial against Peter Cherif, then prosecuted for his role with Chérif Kouachi, one of the attackers of the satirical newspaper.
In a long article published in the columns of charlie hebdo In October 2020, Simon Fieschi also told how he tried “live with what [il a] lost and with what I have left. “It is the most difficult year of my life and yet I have a strange nostalgia for 2015 because it was there where I was most alive, where I felt the euphoria of ‘being alive.’he explained.
Where to find listening and help?
- 31-14, National Suicide Prevention Issue: toll-free number, guaranteeing listening “professional and confidential” twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, by trained nurses and psychologists as respondents. It is intended for people suffering from suicidal thoughts, but also for their loved ones and people bereaved by suicide.
- Youth Health Thread: listening, information and guidance to young people in the areas of physical, psychological and social health. Anonymous and free seven days a week, from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. Also accessible by chat from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Such. : 0800-235-236. Filsantejeunes.com
- Suicide Listen: Hotline twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. : 01-45-39-40-00. Suicide-ecoute.fr.
- France night line: Listening service for and by students, nightly and free. Such. : 01-88-32-12-32 for Paris (other numbers in the region) and chat service. Nightline.fr
- Student Support Information: inventory carried out by the Nightline association of all the free psychological support available in the thirty academies in France. student-support.info
- In case of proven suicide risk, Contact the emergency services: call SAMU (15) or 112 (European number).
