Lamar Joseph Conner

Lamar Joseph Conner (born March 4, 1959 in Miami , Florida ) is an American aviation salesman.

Life

Conner grew up near Altha, Florida. There he attended Altha High School, then the City Wide Colleges of Chicago in Frankfurt Germany and studied computer science at the University of Maryland . He came to Germany as a member of the US Army and did not return after the end of his service. He works as a ticketing agent for Ibero Airport Service at Frankfurt Airport . During the assassination attempt on US security forces , in which two US soldiers were shot dead and two others were seriously injured on March 2, 2011, he was paused near the bus that had been stormed. When the assassin Arid Uka fled, he chased him until he was arrested and warned other passers-by of the danger. Trevor Brewer joined them.

Honors

"For his unparalleled courage and exemplary behavior, with which he made a significant contribution to the arrest of the assassin by the federal police", Conner was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon in 2011 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Local awarded for bravery during terrorist attack
2. ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2141&dat=20070207&id=D8IzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jRUGAAAAIBAJ&pg=516,2222613
3. ↑ Lamar Conner - Germany Profile  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ 2 Americans honored for catching terror suspect in Germany
5. ↑ Friedrich presents the Federal Cross of Merit to the Americans Conner and Brewer. ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release from the Federal Ministry of the Interior, January 16, 2012