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08-24-2015, 04:38 PM
French President Hollande presents three Americans and a British grandfather who tackled Paris train terrorist with France's highest honour for bravery for preventing 'carnage'
Four men awarded the Legion d'Honneur by President Francois Hollande
Mr Hollande said their intervention on train prevented'veritable carnage'
First passenger who wrestled gunman was U.S professor Mark Moogalian
Ripped AK-47 from Ayoub El-Khazzani who shot him in neck with handgun
His sister said: 'He thought he was losing so much blood he would die'
By SIMON TOMLINSON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 02:48 EST, 24 August 2015 | UPDATED: 08:10 EST, 24 August 2015
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Three Americans and a British grandfather who prevented 'carnage' by tackling the French train terrorist have been awarded France's highest honour for bravery.
U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, their friend Anthony Sadler and Briton Chris Norman were presented with the Legion d'Honneur at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
French President Francois Hollande, who pinned on their medals, praised the men for taking action in the face of terrorism.
The ceremony was held as the first heroic passenger who wrestled a machine gun from the terrorist was today revealed to be an American professor.
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3208541/Passenger-wrestled-Paris-train-terrorist-servicemen-Briton-disarmed-revealed-American-professor-Hollande-thanks-preventing-carnage.html#ixzz3jkdOMOMX
Four men awarded the Legion d'Honneur by President Francois Hollande
Mr Hollande said their intervention on train prevented'veritable carnage'
First passenger who wrestled gunman was U.S professor Mark Moogalian
Ripped AK-47 from Ayoub El-Khazzani who shot him in neck with handgun
His sister said: 'He thought he was losing so much blood he would die'
By SIMON TOMLINSON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 02:48 EST, 24 August 2015 | UPDATED: 08:10 EST, 24 August 2015
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03416/train-paris-hollan_3416689b.jpg
Three Americans and a British grandfather who prevented 'carnage' by tackling the French train terrorist have been awarded France's highest honour for bravery.
U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, their friend Anthony Sadler and Briton Chris Norman were presented with the Legion d'Honneur at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
French President Francois Hollande, who pinned on their medals, praised the men for taking action in the face of terrorism.
The ceremony was held as the first heroic passenger who wrestled a machine gun from the terrorist was today revealed to be an American professor.
Scroll down for video
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3208541/Passenger-wrestled-Paris-train-terrorist-servicemen-Briton-disarmed-revealed-American-professor-Hollande-thanks-preventing-carnage.html#ixzz3jkdOMOMX