Marine Corps / France awards Legion of Honor after train attack / Millennial Monitor

Airman First Class Spencer Stone and Alek Skarlatos, specialist in Oregon National Guard and their childhood friend, student Anthony Sadler were traveling by train Amsterdam to Paris. A Moroccan entered the carriage firing an AK-47. The three guys tackled and subdued the attacker. Chris Norman, a British IT consultant living in France, helped restrain the attacker and tie his hands using his necktie. President François Hollande awarded the four men with the Légion d’honneur - the highest honor a foreign nation can bestow on an American. Paris, France August 24, 2015