--- description: An emergency room doctor who wrote for the satirical newspaper treated the wounded during Friday night's attacks title: Charlie Hebdo Survivor Among First Responders in Paris Attack image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0daff3df2520831b/69887114428a9e0841cd0196/gettyimages-462013692.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Charlie Hebdo Survivor Among First Responders in Paris Attack  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Nov 14, 2015 5:50 PM CUT  French doctor and contributor to French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Patrick Pelloux, speaks on January 23, 2015 in Paris. French doctor and contributor to French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Patrick Pelloux, speaks on January 23, 2015 in Paris.Stephane de Sakutin—AFP/Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Nov 14, 2015 5:50 PM CUT Patrick Pelloux, an emergency room doctor and a former writer for _Charlie Hebdo_, the satirical magazine attacked by terrorists in January, was [one of the first responders](http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/patrick-pelloux-il-ne-faut-pas-ceder-a-la-peur-tout-le-monde-doit-se-lever%5F1735830.html "undefined") at [the Paris attacks that took the lives of at least 127](http://time.com/4112884/paris-attacks-isis-isil-france-francois-hollande/?xid=homepage "undefined") people on Friday, according to French media. Pelloux said he spent the night working with Paris’ emergency medical services, French paper _L’Express_ reports. “It’s the least we can do. All colleagues who went on site came back changed, very marked. We are ready to return even if we are only a small stone of the building,” the former writer told the paper. “Do not change and do not give in to fear, even if it is hard and terrible. I understand that feeling well. I am wracked by anxiety. But I prefer to return to make myself useful.” ISIS has claimed responsibility for both attacks in Paris. President François Holande called the Friday night massacre an “act of war” and [shut down France’s borders.](http://time.com/4112884/paris-attacks-isis-isil-france-francois-hollande/?xid=homepage "undefined") \[[_L’Express_](http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/patrick-pelloux-il-ne-faut-pas-ceder-a-la-peur-tout-le-monde-doit-se-lever%5F1735830.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4113067/paris-attacks-charlie-hebdo-survivor-among-first-responders-in-paris-attack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4113067/paris-attacks-charlie-hebdo-survivor-among-first-responders-in-paris-attack/"},"headline":"Charlie Hebdo Survivor Among First Responders in Paris Attack","datePublished":"2015-11-14T17:50:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:37:24.463Z","description":"An emergency room doctor who wrote for the satirical newspaper treated the wounded during Friday night's attacks","url":"https://time.com/4113067/paris-attacks-charlie-hebdo-survivor-among-first-responders-in-paris-attack/","keywords":["France","knowrightnow"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0daff3df2520831b/69887114428a9e0841cd0196/gettyimages-462013692.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0daff3df2520831b/69887114428a9e0841cd0196/gettyimages-462013692.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FRANCE-ATTACKS-CHARLIE-HEBDO MARCH","caption":"FRANCE-ATTACKS-CHARLIE-HEBDO MARCH","creditText":"Stephane de Sakutin—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4113067/paris-attacks-charlie-hebdo-survivor-among-first-responders-in-paris-attack/","name":"Charlie Hebdo Survivor Among First Responders in Paris Attack"}}]}] ```