Oregon soldier takes down gunman on French train

KGW ^ | August 21, 2015 | John Tierney & Travis Worsowicz

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PORTLAND, Ore. -- A National Guard soldier from Roseburg was among two American service members who took down a gunman who opened fire on a French train Friday.

Alek Skarlatos of Roseburg was riding the train during a European vacation when a young man armed with a Kalashnikov rifle and a box cutter opened fire.

Skarlatos and his traveling companion –Spencer Stone, who is in the Air Force – heard the gunshots from an adjacent car, according to his father Emanuel Skarlatos.

“Of course they knew exactly what it was, being in the military,” Emanuel said.

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But one of the guys was a black American, so he had to say something. I think if they were all white, he would have made one of his spox represent him.

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I watched two hours of CNN just for this story (DVR fast forward) Poppy Harlow the newsbabe introduce them as “ A British man and three Americans,” always in that order. The British man admits he came in after the other three were on the terrorists.