Alex Batty: French taxi driver recalls his conversation with Alex

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00:00 I saw a young guy on the side of the road with a skateboard under his arm, backpack,

00:07 flashlight and just a normal guy.

00:12 So I looked at it a bit confused, like what did he do, what was he doing in the middle

00:19 of the night, it was raining at 3am.

00:23 I stopped by him and we spoke for two minutes, he came with me, we continued my work because

00:33 I deliver medicine to the pharmacy at night.

00:38 And all along during the drive we talked about his situation and he told me that he was kidnapped

00:49 by his mother and grandfather when he was in Morocco, 6 years ago.

00:58 After he went to Spain where he lived for 3 years with his mother and after he was in

01:08 France for 2 years.

01:10 So we talked about his life in France, he told me that he was in a spiritual community.