Tuesday, 25 August 2015

Greek Square Top



Friday afternoon Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone, National Guardsmen, and Anthony Sadler, a senior at Sacramento State University, were riding a passenger train from Amsterdam to northern France. Their peaceful trip was shattered by the sound of gunshots and breaking glass. “I saw a guy entering the carriage with an AK-47,” said Alek. “I just looked at Spencer and said, ‘Let’s go.’”
“Spencer made first contact; he tackled the guy,” said their friend Anthony. “Alek wrestled the gun away from him. The gunman pulled a box cutter and sliced Spencer a few times. And the three of us beat him until he was unconscious.”
“We just did what we had to do,” added Alek. “You either run away or fight. We chose to fight and got lucky and didn’t die.” If these three friends were lucky Friday, so was everyone else on that train. Everyone except, of course, the man with the gun.

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