He was one of the survivors of the January 7, 2015 terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo. Simon Fieschi, seriously injured in the attack, died in the night from Thursday to Friday at the age of 40, we learned Liberation and France Inter on Saturday October 19.
While he was working for the satirical newspaper as webmaster, Simon Fieschi was the first in the editorial team to be hit by the Kouachi brothers’ shots. “Survivor of the attack on “Charlie”, Simon Fieschi struggled to overcome the horror of which he had been one of the victims. There are scars that many no longer see but which never heal. I will never forget Simon. I send my affection to his family”greeted the former President of the Republic, François Hollande, on X.
“Simon Fieschi was a man of exceptional sensitivity and intelligence”announced on X, the honorary president of the 13onze15 association, Georges Salines, recalling that the former journalist “was one of those who went with us to the schools to talk to the students and support the teachers.”
“Thoughts of Simon Fieschi, his loved ones and all the victims of terrorism. Current and past »also reacted on X the spokesperson for the national police, Sonia Fibleuil.
“I am in post-trauma, and I will stay there all my life »
During the trial of the attack against Charlie Hebdo in September 2020, Simon Fieschi spoke of his physical and psychological state, the consequences of a Kalashnikov shot which had “ affected the spine » and with “the blast effect compressed the spinal cord”.
Also read the testimony of Simon Fieschi: Article reserved for our subscribers At the trial of the attack on “Charlie Hebdo”: “This bullet did not miss me, but it did not get me”
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“When the body is affected so seriously, you cannot break down psychologically. It came later, when the physical state stabilized. I haven’t had depression, but I can say that I am in post-trauma, and that I will stay there for the rest of my life. I have difficulty concentrating, episodes of sadness, anger, what-so-goodness. Moments when we scrape the bottom a little”he said. Mr. Fieschi also came to testify at the end of September during the trial of Peter Cherif, then on trial for his role with Chérif Kouachi, one of the attackers of the satirical newspaper.
In a long story published in the columns of Charlie Hebdo in October 2020, Simon Fieschi also told how he tried to “to live with what [il a] lost and with what I have left ». “It’s the most difficult year of my life, and yet I have a strange nostalgia for 2015 because that’s where I was most alive, where I felt the euphoria of ‘to be alive’he explained.
Where to find listening and help?
- 31-14, national suicide prevention number: toll-free number, guaranteeing a listening “professional and confidential” twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, by nurses and psychologists trained 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 for 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 reachable 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. Tel. : 01-45-39-40-00. Suicide-ecoute.fr.
- Nightline France : listening service by and for students, nightly and free. Such. : 01-88-32-12-32 for Paris (other numbers in the region) and chat service. Nightline.fr
- Student support info: inventory by the Nightline association of all free psychological support available in the thirty academies in France. Student-support.info
- In the event of a proven suicidal risk, contact the emergency services: call SAMU (15) or 112 (European number).
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