Posted on 08/24/2015 4:34:36 AM PDT by markomalley
Three Americans and a Briton who tackled an armed attacker prevented carnage on a high-speed train carrying 500 passengers to Paris, France's president said Monday, presenting the men with the Legion of Honor.
President Francois Hollande said the two Americans who first tackled the gunman were servicemembers, "but on Friday you were simply passengers. You behaved as soldiers but also as responsible men."
Hollande then pinned the Legion of Honor medal on U.S. Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, and their longtime friend Anthony Sadler, who subdued the gunman as he moved through the train with an assault rifle strapped to his bare chest. The British businessman, Chris Norman, who jumped into the fray, also received the medal.
The men showed "that faced with terror, we have the power to resist. You also gave a lesson in courage, in will, and thus in hope," Hollande said.
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They refused to shelter in place.
God bless them.
If they hadn’t been there I bet a lot of white flags would have been raised!
Just more Americans once again pulling the French fat out of the fire.
NBC Nightly News reported “...President Obama, back from vacation at the WH, is tracking developments.”
Would someone please tell me WTF the Muzzie sympathizer has to do with this story ?
Good heavens! This is one of the most poorly written pieces I have seen in quite a while.
But God bless these young men!
Barry O-Bunghole was deeply saddened that the Islamic punk got his ass whipped by American servicemen and numerous lives were saved.
Sophie David??
Sounds like a turncoat Jewess given a surname “David”.
Never understood those types..
Last American I heard of who received the Legion d’Honneur was Sgt Alvin York in 1918.
God bless these young men!
(comments about Islam withheld for now)
A French citizen who was the first to tackle Mr. Khazzani but who has declined to be identified will receive the honor at a later date, as will Mark Moogalian, 51, a passenger with dual French and American citizenship who struggled with the attacker and is recovering from a bullet wound.
A1C Spencer Stone saved Mr. Moogalian's live by stopping the bleeding in his bullet wound. He stuck his finger in the wound, felt and artery and applied pressure.
Probably having his lawyers find some punishment for the hero soldiers for receiving a foreign medal.
In today’s world, this is very unexpected. I expected them to be prosecuted for the very serious crimes of Firearms Theft, Theft by Taking, Extortion, Wrongful Imprisonment, and Kidnapping.
An earlier report stated the French train crew members locked themselves in a separate room. So yes, you are quite likely correct.
Just amazing, a terrorist on a French train, obviously had French passengers as well as the train crew. And 3 Americans and a Brit have to rescue their sorry a$$es? Sound familiar? Like WW1 & WWII?
Americans and British saving the French. Where have I seen this before...
Not that it makes a difference, but what level was awarded?
The young men are a walking recruiting poster!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Honour
The Order is the highest decoration in France and is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand Croix (Grand Cross).
I wonder if Obama will charge these brave men with a hate crime? After all, they beat the hell out of one of his cousins
Wow! Not since World War I? That’s a long time.
I’m not sure, that was the only other American I could think of. Must have been some Legions d’Honneur or Croix de Guerre awarded to Yanks during WWII.
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