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U.S. President Barack Obama has spoken out in praise of three Americans who successfully stopped a gunman from opening fire on a train from Amsterdam to Paris earlier this year.

Obama said he just wanted “a chance to shake their hands in person and to tell them what I think they’ve heard from a lot of people – which is they represent the very best of America, American character”.

Two American servicemen who helped foil an attack on a train in Europe traveled to Germany on Monday, where one will receive additional medical care for injuries suffered in a tussle with the gunman, the Pentagon said.

Three Americans who had a hand in taking down a would-be global terrorist in France last week, have been awarded the country’s highest acknowledgement; the Legion of Honor.

He added that it also will be up to each service’s uniform regulations to determine whether Stone and Skarlatos can wear the Legion of Honor; generally foreign awards are not worn except “under certain circumstances when you’re in dress uniform”.

The Moroccan suspect in a foiled attack on a high-speed train in France is facing terrorism charges over what authorities say was a plan to unleash carnage among hundreds of passengers – but his family defended him Wednesday, saying he was in a desperate situation.

Air Drive Chief of Employees Gen. Mark A. Welsh informed reporters that if French authorities conclude the assault was a terrorist occasion, officers might contemplate awarding Stone the Purple Coronary heart.

The terrorist suspect also carried a a 9mm handgun, a box-cutter and a bottle of petrol. “You behaved as soldiers but also as responsible men”.

“He seemed like he was ready to fight to the end”. “So were we”.

French investigators had just hours left Tuesday to decide whether to charge a suspect in a high-speed train attack that was foiled by passengers, as it emerged he watched a jihadist video just before boarding.

“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.

By now, the world knows all about the selfless, quick-thinking efforts of U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler, who acted with courage to subdue an armed attacker and suspected Islamist terrorist who seemed nearly certainly bent on...

They saw a man brandishing an automatic rifle and other weapons.

El-Khazzani, 26, was tackled and tied up by five passengers, including three Americans and a Briton, averting what President Francois Hollande said “could have degenerated into monstrous carnage”.

The three American travelers say they relied on gut instinct and a close bond forged over years of friendship as they took down a heavily armed man on a passenger train speeding through Belgium on Friday, August 21. Their short-sleeved polo shirts and khakis contrasted with the...