Obama and Hollande give the trio of Stone, Skarlatos and Sadler thumbs up for nipping a terrorist attack targeted on a passenger train in Paris in the board.
The trio were American friends travelling together in the targeted train where they performed the heroic feat.The three friends composed of two American servicemen and a student were able to subdue a man with a Kalashnikov rifle that was strapped to his shoulder and carried also nine magazines of ammunition, a Luger automatic pistol with extra ammo and a box cutter.
The French President, Francois Hollande "thanked them for their exceptional courage and their efficiency to prevent a tragedy." while Obama called them heroes.
Stone sustained an injury in the hand and has been released from the hospital. Two other passengers sustained various degrees of injury from the gun shots from the suspect.
The suspect was identified as Ayoub El Khazzani, a Moroccan national whose DNA was already on file with Spanish authorities, according to French media.
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