he was going into surgery that night. i haven t heard anything about him involving him since. the terrorist, the guy with the ak-47, was he saying anything at this time at least in the very beginning? no, he said nothing at all. i didn t hear him say a word, honestly. but obviously the box cutter and he hurt spencer. he put up a good fight. but when you got three or four guys that are all bigger than you, you don t stand a chance really. why do you think you ran towards it? i must admit that i fear i would have run away. honestly, i was afraid of that, too. i was afraid that if something like this happened i would sit there and piss my pants or something. when i had came in, i knew we had to do something. spencer was on the aisle seat, i was on the window seat. i just said let s go. spencer had to be the first one to get up. and he didn t hesitate at all. he got up and ran straight at
also stood up to the moment and helped. and then there was also the guard, who raised the alarm and ensured that you could that helped ensure that the police and could get to the situation as possible. you, spencer, although you were injured, you made sure that you looked after the man and you know doubt saved his life of this franco-american citizen. once the alarm had been raised, the train was diverted to arras, the train station there. the terrorist was arrested. all the more easily because he had been tied up. the injured could easily be taken care of, with by our hospitals, with great
goodwill and in hope. spencer, all three of you, you are soldiers, but on friday you were just simple civilians. you certainly behaved as soldiers but you also behaved as responsible men. you risked your lives to defend an idea of liberty and freedom. today i think of all the soldiers who are fighting against terrorism here in france and all around the world. and today, they are and they are united against terrorism. and today, i want to say you also honored those soldiers. and all of the other passengers who got up, who stood up against them, who didn t have your training and experience of danger, who had never seen a kalashnikov before in their
life, but they, too, stood up and faced this man. and in their own way, they fought back. and when you are confronted, terrorism, you don t give up. you don t give in to fear. you work together. when we are confronted with terrorism our societies are not feeble and they are not and they will never be feeble or weak when they are reunited together. and will never be feeble if there are men and women prepared to do what you did. on friday night, these men of different nationalities, english, french, american, and they created a human community, that of the best to overcome the worst. today, alexander, spencer and
he, too, got in the way. at this moment, mr. spencer, you decided to intervene. you threw yourself against this gunman who was trying to load his gun. it was you, spencer, you were the first, if i can say, to jump on this man. you pushed him over and you, alexander, you helped expenser to take his weapon, to take his kalashnikov. you disarmed him this first time. you he then got out a pistol and then a which you got off him. and then a box cutter, which he hurt spencer and you managed to get this off him. and you all of you together, to help him. christopher, you tied him up with another passenger of the train. going home, as well.