Spencer Stone

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Spencer Stone (born August 13, 1992 in Sacramento , California , United States ) is an American actor , author and former staff sergeant of the US Air Force.

Stop on the Thalys train 9364

Stone and his childhood friends Aleksander Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler traveled through Europe in mid-2015. On August 21, 2015, they boarded the Thalys 9364 train to travel from Amsterdam via Brussels to Paris. A 25-year-old Moroccan, Ayoub El-Khazzani, was in the No. 12 train car, armed with a Draco short-barreled carbine and equipped with 270 rounds of ammunition. Several people tried to stop the shooter, but failed. Stone attacked the armed suspect, was stabbed in the neck and eyebrow, and almost lost his thumb. Skarlatos picked up the attacker's rifle and hit him on the head with the muzzle. Stone was taken to the Central Hospital in Lille, France and then transferred to Germany and treated. He returned home on September 3, 2015.

After the terror attack was prevented, Stone, Skarlatos and Sadler received international attention and recognition. The French President François Hollande honored Stone, his friends Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler and the British businessman Chris Norman with the highest French award, the Legion of Honor (Chevaliers de la Légion d'honneur). The French Home Secretary Bernard Cazeneuve praised her for her bravery, as did the British Prime Minister at the time, David Cameron . Stone was awarded the United States Air Force Airman's Medal and the Purple Heart at a ceremony held at the Pentagon .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hudson Sangree: Carmichael childhood, faith unite friends who stopped train attack. In: The Sacramento Bee. August 23, 2015, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Melissa Gray and Pierre Meilhan CNN: Americans who thwarted train attack praised for 'exceptional courage'. Retrieved January 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ David Barrett: Revealed: The mystery man who tackled AK-47 assault rifle from train gunman . August 25, 2015, ISSN  0307-1235 (English, telegraph.co.uk [accessed January 2, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Heroic airman on France train was napping when gunman attacked . In: The Independent . (English, independent.co.uk [accessed January 2, 2020]).
  5. ^ Adam Nossiter: A Shot, a Glimpse of an AK-47, and US Servicemen Pounced on Gunman on Train to France . In: The New York Times . August 22, 2015, ISSN  0362-4331 (English, nytimes.com [accessed January 2, 2020]).
  6. ↑ Hollande thanks US 'train heroes' . August 22, 2015 (English, bbc.com [accessed January 2, 2020]).
  7. ↑ AFP: Obama lauds 'train heroes' at White House , September 17, 2015 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Stone, Spencer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American soldier
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Sacramento , California , United States