College Student, Airman, Guardsman Beat Heavily-Armed Terrorist Unconscious in France

By Bob Owens

Yesterday we reported what media outlets were uniforming reporting: three U.S. Marines put a hurting on a gunman in a high speed train in France.

It turns out that the broader strokes of the story were correct—three Americans saved hundreds of Europeans from a suspected North African Muslim terrorist—but the three heroes were not Marines.

Three Americans are being hailed as heroes Saturday for tackling and disarming a gunman on a high-speed train travelling between Amsterdam and Paris Friday.

Anthony Sadler, a senior at Sacramento State University, was traveling with childhood friends Spencer Stone, an Air Force serviceman from Carmichael, California, and Alek Skarlatos, a National Guardsmen 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, …read more

Source:: Bearing Arms