French train attack !!

French President Francois Hollande on Monday
bestowed the Legion of Honor, France's highest
decoration, on a Briton and three Americans who
subdued a heavily armed gunman aboard a high-
speed train on Friday.
At a ceremony in Paris, Hollande pinned medals on
the chests of Briton Chris Norman and Americans
Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler. He
said their actions last week in the face of terror
provided "a message of courage, solidarity and
hope."
"A terrorist decided to commit an act. He had enough
weapons and ammunition to carry out a real
carnage, and that's what he would have done if you
hadn't tackled him at a risk to your own lives,"
Hollande said.
Hollande said the two Americans who first tackled
the gunman were soldiers, "but on Friday you were
simply passengers. You behaved as soldiers but also
as responsible men."
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Hollande also saluted the other passengers who
helped raise the alarm and subdue gunman Ayoub
El-Khazzani, who the president described as a
terrorist. That included a French passenger and a
Franco-American who has been hospitalized for his
wounds. The French citizen was the first to discover
the gunman near a restroom as the train sped
toward Paris.They will receive the Legion of Honor in
a separate ceremony.~VOA
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