On October 16, 2025, Marguerite Dorvilien, a 45-year-old director of a private Protestant school in Ablon-sur-Seine, was honored for her courageous intervention on a RER C train south of Paris. She stopped an attacker from grabbing a 26-year-old Brazilian woman named Jhordana. Marguerite used her phone to film the incident and spoke to the attacker, scaring him off. For her bravery, she was awarded the national medal of merit in Paris by the Minister of Transport Philippe Tabarot, along with Valérie Pécresse, the president of the Île-de-France region, who had previously recognized her for her work. Marguerite said she has become more aware of her surroundings and the people around her since the incident. She noted that she can now easily describe those around her. Jhordana was on her phone and did not initially realize she was being targeted. Marguerite advises women using public transport to be mindful of their surroundings and not to be overly focused on their devices. Marguerite, who is also a pastor at an evangelical church, said she wanted to be the person who "does not look away" when someone is in need. She helped Jhordana, who was screaming in the nearly empty train to escape an attacker who had also injured her face. Her friend Samuel Renson, a pastor in Champagne-sur-Oise, pointed out in her video that the attacker's demeanor changed when Marguerite intervened, showing how fear can shift quickly. Jhordana attended the ceremony with a friend and a bouquet of flowers for Marguerite, expressing deep gratitude and saying that Marguerite "saved my life." According to the Paris police prefecture, sexual violence in the Île-de-France transport system decreased by 0.9% last year. However, an internal study by RATP in 2022, published by the National Observatory on Violence against Women, found that seven out of ten women in Île-de-France have experienced sexual or sexist violence in public transport at some point in their lives. The rate is even higher among younger women, with nine out of ten women aged 19-25 reporting such experiences. A similar study in the Alpes-Maritimes region found that six out of ten women had been victims of such violence in public transport, and 88% of witnesses did not react. Before becoming a school director for children with learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and ADHD, Marguerite also led the association the refuge in the Val-d'Oise, which supports vulnerable individuals and those without a permanent home. She expressed a desire to help more women who have experienced violence and orphans, but acknowledged that it is not possible to address all causes at once. The press has given her the nickname "the heroine of the RER C."