Hero in French train attack expected to survive after stabbing
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Hero in French train attack expected to survive after stabbing
U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, hailed as a hero for helping to tackle a gunman on a French train in August, was stabbed and seriously wounded outside a bar early Thursday in what police said was an alcohol-related fight that had nothing to do with terrorism. Stone, 23, was stabbed repeatedly in the upper body while out with a group of friends in his hometown and was taken to UC Davis Medical Center, authorities said. His injuries were serious but not life- threatening, and he is expected to pull through. Police are still searching for two male suspects who fled the scene.
We firmly believe that this is not a terrorism-related event and that it is in no way related to the incident that occurred in France.
police spokesman
Over the summer, Stone and two of his childhood friends, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos and college student Anthony Sadler, were vacationing in Europe when they took down a gunman and thwarted a terror attack on a Paris-bound passenger train. President Obama met with the three Americans last month, praising them for their quick thinking and courage, and called them “the very best of America.” They were also awarded France’s highest honor by President Francois Hollande.
