Barcelona Defender showed no fear

In what is quickly becoming an all too familiar phenomenon across the globe, people are waking up to the reality of terrorism in their city and this was clear to Lucas Digne last Thursday, as he gave first aid to victims of the terror attack at Las Ramblas.

August 17 started out as a routine experience for most people, with neither the public nor the former Lille defender having any idea of what was to come that day.

Unfortunately, as we now know this relative calm was to be disrupted by the biggest terror attack on Spanish soil since the Madrid bombings of 2004, with as many as 15 people having lost their lives.

Digne was not injured and neither were any of his family, but he was immediately alarmed by the incredibly loud noise and commotion coming from Las Ramblas, with the Frenchman actually living just above the nearby Placa de Catalunya.

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According to RAC1, upon realising the severity of the incident Barcelona's left-back didn't show the level of fear and trepidation that would be the norm in such a scenario and within minutes he had travelled down to ground level and was doing everything he could to help those injured.

He offered first aid, albeit for a very short amount of time, before the emergency services forced those volunteering to leave the area with it clear a terrorist situation was still ongoing.

Barcelona's famous Camp Nou stadium fell silent for one minute prior to Sunday's clash between the Blaugrana and Real Betis, but it was an atmosphere that illustrated that the city would not be fearful and that normal life would return even in the face of such barbarism.

The city produced many heroes that afternoon, with Digne proving to be one of them.