I will never stop mocking the French for what they have become, but I have enough experience with them to know that there are more than a few that stand tall and tower over their cheese-eating-surrender-monkey countrymen. This guy looks to be one of best. He swapped his life for that of a hostage. It looks like he made the decision quickly and by himself. Some may call it stupid, but whatever he was thinking I say this guy had a big brass pair. France is reaping what it has sown and is often the case a it falls upon a few to deal with the jagged edges of a tattered society.
https://www.thelocal.fr/20180324/hero-french-gendarme-who-swapped
https://www.thelocal.fr/20180324/hero-french-gendarme-who-swapped