Three US citizens and a Briton who on Friday helped disarm a gunman on a train from Amsterdam to Paris, are to be awarded France’s highest honour.
Spencer Stone (23) Antony Sadler (23) Alek Skarlatos (22) and Chris Norman (62) are to meet French President Francois Hollande today ( Monday Aug 24) who will present them with the Legion d’Honneur in recognition of their bravery.
The men, two of whom were American servicemen, have played down their actions saying they just reacted on instinct.
“ I didn’t really have much of a state of awareness, it wasn’t really a conscious decision, we just kind of acted, there was not much thinking going on, at least on my end,” said Aleksander Skarlatos who is a National Guard reservist
Another man who also tried to stop the gunman and is French is thought to have has chosen to remain anonymous.
Friday’s incident began when the French passenger tried to enter a toilet, encountered the gunman and tried to overpower him. A gun was fired and
