France, Feb. 3 -- The fundraiser, set up by the organisation Life for Paris to honour the victims of the November 2015 attacks, initially had the modest goal of raising €2,500.

By the time it closed on Sunday 1 February, it had received almost 12,000 donations. In 2016, Sonia became the first person in France to enter witness protection after providing French police with crucial information that led to the arrest of two assailants involved in the attacks.

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Sonia's story shook the nation after a documentary recounting her experience aired a decade after the attacks, on 13 November 2025.

After watching the attack on the Stade de France sta...