Trained
Friday August 21st 2015, 10:54 pm
Filed under: History,Life

France. High-speed rail, 554 passengers on the train.

I am in awe of the two American soldiers who had a bad feeling about that one guy, heard him loading an automatic in the bathroom and when he came out shooting, clearly planning to start at the back of the train and kill his way forward, jumped him along with another American and a Brit and despite being unarmed and despite being shot at and stabbed, they succeeded in wrestling him to the floor and getting his hands tied behind his back with t-shirts.

One account said the soldier who was stabbed in the neck had run ten meters towards the shooter’s gunfire.

Wow. Just, wow.

Prayers for all those injured and a huge thank you to those good men for being willing to put themselves on the line for everyone else.


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Praying everyone recovers from the trauma, both physical and emotional.

Comment by Jody 08.22.15 @ 4:25 am

It is so difficult for me to imagine actually running toward gunfire. I’m in awe of those guys too.

Comment by RobinM 08.22.15 @ 7:39 am

Truly amazing. These guys are vacation like everyone else and they respond like that!

Comment by Renee 08.22.15 @ 10:02 pm



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