Four train attack heroes receive France's top honour

Three Americans and a British man who restrained a heavily armed man on a passenger train speeding through Belgium have received France’s top honour.

Four train attack heroes receive France's top honour

Three Americans and a British man who restrained a heavily armed man on a passenger train speeding through Belgium have received France’s top honour.

French president Francois Hollande pinned the Legion of Honour medal on US Airman Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, and their years-long friend Anthony Sadler, who subdued the gunman as he moved through the train with an assault rifle strapped to his bare chest.

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