US train attack hero to be nominated for Airman's Medal

viewings icon comments icon

ПОДЕЛИТЬСЯ

whatsapp button telegram button facebook button

The US serviceman who was wounded while foiling a gun attack on a train in Europe will be nominated for the Air Force's highest medal for non-combat bravery, military officials said Monday, AFP reports.

whatsapp button telegram button facebook button copyLink button
Иконка комментария блок соц сети

The US serviceman who was wounded while foiling a gun attack on a train in Europe will be nominated for the Air Force's highest medal for non-combat bravery, military officials said Monday, AFP reports.

The airman, Spencer Stone, and his friend Alek Skarlatos, a National Guardsman, helped wrestle to the floor the assailant who opened fire after boarding a high-speed train in Brussels bound for Paris, witnesses said.

Stone suffered hand and eye injuries in the incident, which has already earned him France's Legion of Honor, the country's highest award.

"Their fearlessness, courage and selflessness should inspire all of us," Secretary of the US Air Force Deborah Lee James said, as she announced that Stone's unit was nominating him for the Airman's Medal.

"What the gunman didn't expect,  however, was a confrontation with our very own Captain America."

James said Stone -- who traveled Monday with Skarlatos to Germany, where he is to be treated at a US military hospital -- is "doing quite well but needs some rest."

Stone could also be considered for the Purple Heart award, if the thwarted train attack is characterized by French law enforcement as a terror-related event.

Traditionally awarded only to troops killed or wounded in combat, the Purple Heart was in April awarded to those wounded in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, after it was deemed an act of international "terrorism."

French President Francois Hollande on Monday awarded the Legion of Honor, the country's highest honor, to Stone, Skarlatos, their friend Anthony Sadler and a British business consultant. Stone wore a sling during the award ceremony.

Anti-terror investigators are questioning the alleged attacker, 25-year-old Ayoub El Khazzani, who authorities said boarded the train with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, an automatic pistol, ammunition and a box cutter.

Tengrinews
Читайте также
Join Telegram Последние новости
Inflation in Kazakhstan has accelerated
Foggy weekend ahead for Almaty
Лого TengriNews мобильная Лого TengriLife мобильная Лого TengriSport мобильная Лого TengriAuto мобильная Иконка меню мобильная
Иконка закрытия мобильного меню
Открыть TengriNews Открыть TengriLife Открыть TengriSport Открыть TengriAuto Открыть TengriTravel Открыть TengriEdu Открыть TengriGuide

Exchange Rates

 515.06  course down  533.94  course down  5.31  course up

 

Weather

 

Редакция Advertising
Социальные сети
Иконка Instagram footer Иконка Telegram footer Иконка Vkontakte footer Иконка Facebook footer Иконка Twitter footer Иконка Youtube footer Иконка TikTok footer Иконка WhatsApp footer