Finally a HERO STORY I Can Believe.

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:10 am

French train attack heroes to be awarded Légion d’honneur | World news | The Guardian

Smaug · Post by **Smaug** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:38 am

High Threshold;1484722 wrote: French train attack heroes to be awarded Légion d’honneur | World news | The Guardian

That is definitely the appropriate award for those heroes IMO!:yh_clap:yh_star:yh_party

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:43 am

Smaug;1484726 wrote: That is definitely the appropriate award for those heroes IMO!:yh_clap:yh_star:yh_party
Indeed it is!

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 1:37 pm

It's funny, but true heroes do not consider themselves as such. They just do what needs to be done to help others. I'm proud of those guys.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 5:21 pm

If those young American guys, and the older Brit, hadn't attacked the attacker, I am certain that we would be reading reports of yet another terrible tragedy perpetrated by terrorists. I guess one could say that those brave men probably saved the lives of over 500 people ! Had that incident happened in the UK then I would hope that the George Cross would have been awarded to the men. Richly deserved !

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 5:22 am

along-for-the-ride;1484734 wrote: It's funny, but true heroes do not consider themselves as such. They just do what needs to be done to help others. I'm proud of those guys.
I hope you're not going to drool on the page and go into a self-hypnotic state by shouting "USA! USA! USA!"

High Threshold · Post by **High Threshold** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 5:24 am

G#Gill;1484744 wrote: If those young American guys, and the older Brit, hadn't attacked the attacker, I am certain that we would be reading reports of yet another terrible tragedy perpetrated by terrorists. I guess one could say that those brave men probably saved the lives of over 500 people ! Had that incident happened in the UK then I would hope that the George Cross would have been awarded to the men. Richly deserved !
Yes, I'm sure you're right. I'm thinking about that spree on the beach in Sousse recently.

Smaug · Post by **Smaug** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 10:57 am

along-for-the-ride;1484734 wrote: It's funny, but true heroes do not consider themselves as such. They just do what needs to be done to help others. I'm proud of those guys.

You've every reason to feel proud of them! Those brave Americans, and a Brit, saved dozens, if not hundreds of lives on that train! What if the terrorist had got into the cab, killed the driver,then jammed the 'dead man's handle' in the 'on' position? It could easily have become a high-speed RUNAWAY train with major risk of collision with another train!