Sylvestre was talking on a phone call, when an ISIS terrorist blew himself up just a few yards from where he stood. It was the first of two suicide explosions and a bombing at the Stade de France which killed at least six people.
A flying piece of shrapnel from the blast smashed into his phone, instead of his head. The phone was destroyed, but Sylvestre managed to survive the blast.
The double suicide blasts at the stadium came as part of a series of coordinated attacks which left at least 127 people dead and the city paralysed with fear.
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