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PARIS — A heavily armed gunman opened fire aboard a packed high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris late Friday afternoon, wounding several passengers before he was tackled and subdued by two Americans, French officials said, describing the pair as heroes who may have averted a mass killing. At least one of the Americans was a military member. The assault was described as a terrorist attack by the Belgian prime minister, and French officials said one of the Americans was among the wounded. Their conditions were not immediately clear. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/22/world/europe/americans-foil-gunman-on-french-train-officials-say.html?_r=0Another couple of Americans saved the day again in France. |
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« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2015, 04:40:07 PM » |
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Whoa, hold on, how do they know it wasn't workplace violence.
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« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2015, 04:49:43 PM » |
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Apparently the French immediately surrendered.
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Mike Luken
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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2015, 05:54:03 PM » |
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Apparently the French immediately surrendered.
 Now that's unfair, don't you know that they had to drastically reduce their military spending recently?.... They were forced to close their white flag factory!! |
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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2015, 06:25:46 PM » |
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Off color humor alert
How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris ?
They don't know they never tried
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« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2015, 07:00:31 AM » |
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Some of the staff on the train locked themselves in a secure car leaving the passengers to fend for themselves.
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« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2015, 07:57:54 AM » |
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Some of the staff on the train locked themselves in a secure car leaving the passengers to fend for themselves.
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« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2015, 02:29:52 PM » |
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Redacted article. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150822/eu--france-train_attack-5be2fb37d9.htmlOne serves in the Air Force, another recently served in Afghanistan in the National Guard, another is studying physical therapy in California — and all three Americans are being hailed as heroes for tackling and disarming a gunman they happened to encounter on a high-speed train between Amsterdam and Paris.
Air Force serviceman Spencer Stone remained hospitalized Saturday after being stabbed in the attack Friday night as the train traveled through Belgium, though the Pentagon said the injury was not life-threatening.
Cazeneuve said the Americans "were particularly courageous and showed great bravery in very difficult circumstances," and that "without their sangfroid we could have been confronted with a terrible drama."
Anthony Sadler, a senior at Sacramento State University, was traveling with childhood friends Stone, of Carmichael, California, and Alek Skarlatos, a National Guardsman from Roseburg, Oregon, when they heard a gunshot and breaking glass. Sadler told The Associated Press that they saw a train employee sprint down the aisle followed by a gunman with an automatic rifle.
"As he was cocking it to shoot it, Alek just yells, 'Spencer, go!' And Spencer runs down the aisle," Sadler said. "Spencer makes first contact, he tackles the guy, Alek wrestles the gun away from him, and the gunman pulls out a boxcutter and slices Spencer a few times. And the three of us beat him until he was unconscious."
The attacker did not fire his automatic weapon but wounded one man with a handgun and the other with a blade...
Stone then quickly turned to help another passenger who had been wounded in the throat, stopping his bleeding until paramedics came.....[/color] This warrants an Airman's Medal, and if the perp is Islamic scum, maybe a Purple Heart. Soldiers Medal for the (Army) Guradsman.  |
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« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2015, 03:20:24 PM » |
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Sure does ! And whatever kind of medals or honors the French give out would be appreciated also.  |
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« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2015, 05:16:08 AM » |
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Just saw the press conference with those 3 young men. America has a lot to be proud of with our younger generation. And good on the French for honoring them with their highest medals. May those employees that ran and hid leaving the passengers to fend for themselves live in shame the rest of their lives. |
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« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2015, 05:33:49 AM » |
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My first thought upon reading of the train crews action in the section of the train was "I wonder what their religion is".
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« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2015, 10:12:38 AM » |
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heard that Stone's thumb had to be reattached Hope and pray he has a complete healing
and all 3 have jobs waiting for them when they get home
we have some great kids in our armed services
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