. >> ambassador jane hartley brimming with praise for three young americans who stopped an gunman on a high speed train from amsterdam to paris on friday. spencer stone and alex scarlatas are being heralded as holy spirit along with anothe--as heroe heroes. >> he tackled him. alec grabbed the gun from his hand while i put him in a chokehold. he just kept pulling more weapons left and right. pulled a handgun. alex grabbed that. he took out a box-cutter and jabbed at me with that. >> the gunman was on the radar in three countries for having ties to radical islam, and for having traveled to syria. his legal team said that's just a homeless man who found the weapons in a bag. >> he said he planned to hold up the train and then shoot out a window and to escape. >> that's unlikely say the three american heroes who saw the cache of weapons up close. >> to the point that he was just trying to rob the train, it doesn't take eight magazines to rob a train. >> but they admit it was fortunate that the shooter seemed unsure how to handle the wells. >> he clearly had no firearms training whatsoeve

. >> ambassador jane hartley brimming with pride, over the three americans, airman first class spencer stone and his boyhood best friend, alex, are being lauded as heroes in france along with anthony and two other passengers, one british one french. they noted someone with an ak .47 in their train car. >> alec grabbed the gun out of his hand while i put him in a choke hold. it seems like he pulled out more weapons, left and right, he started jabbing me with a box cutter. >> on the radar in three countries for having ties to radical islam and for having traveled osyria. his legally illegal team says he's just a homeless man who found the weapons in a bag. >> translator: he says he planned to hold up the train then shoot out a window and jump out to escape. >> reporter: that's unlikely say the three american heroes who saw the cache of weapons up close. >> to the point that he was just trying to rock the train: it doesn't take eight magazines to rob the train. >> reporter: but they admit it was fortunate the shooter seemed unsure how to handle the weapons. >> it was clear he had no firea

. >> ambassador jane hartley brimming with praise for three young americans who stopped an armed to theteeth gunman on a high speed train between amsterdam and paris on friday. airman first class spencer stone and his boyhood best friend al alec, just back from afghanistan, were being lauded two another friend and two other passengers, one british and one french. they noticed the gunman trying to fire the ak-47 in their train car. >> we tackled them. hit the ground. alec grabbed the gun out of his hand. i put him in a chokehold. he just kept pulling more weapons left and right, hold out a handgun. alec took that, he took out a box-cutter and started jabbing at me with that. >> french authorities say that the gunman was on the radar in three countries for having ties to radical islam and for having traveled to syria. his legal teams said that he's just a homeless man who found the weapons in a bag. >> he said he planned to hold up the train, then shoot out a window and jump out to escape. >> that's unlikely say the three american heroes, who saw the cache of weapons up close. >> to the p

. >> ambassador jane hartley brimming with praise over three young americans who stopped a french attacker. spencer stone and his boyhood friend alex are being lauded as heroes in france along with a third american friend anthony and two other passengers, one british, one french. they noticed the gunman trying to fire an ak .47 in their train car. >> tackled them, we hit the ground, alec came up and grabbed the gun out of his hand while i pit him in choke hold. i.t. seemed like he just kept pulling more weapons left and right. pulled out a handgun. alec took that. took out a box cutter started jabbing at me with that. >> french authorities sai th sae 26-year-old gunman was on the radar in three countries for having ties to radical islam and for having traveled to syria. his legal team says he's just a homeless man who found the weapons in a bag. >> he said he planned to hold up the train and jump out the window to escape. >> that's unlikely. >> to the point he was just trying to rob the train it doesn't take eight magazines to rob a train. >> reporter: but they admit it was fortunate. the

we have ambassador jane hartley speaking now. here we go, everyone. >> i want to start by thanking president alan and the people of france for their heart-felt outpouring of support and concern for these young men. i also extend my thanks to the french authorities, doctors, nurses, and everyone who took such good care of them after the attack. we often use the word hero, and in this case i think that word has never been more appropriate. i know these young men sitting with me won't like it, because even in the brief period we've known each other, they are so humble. but they are truly heroes. as president obama said during his phone call with president hollande last night, these three brave americans, and the british passengers, demonstrated remarkable bravery. and acting without regard for their own safety. in order to subdue a heavily armed individual who appeared intent on causing mass casualties. when most of us would run away, spencer, alek and anthony ran into the line of fire. saying, let's go. and those words changed the

. >> ambassador jane hartley brimming with praise for three young americans who stopped and armed to the teeth gunman friday. air man first class spencer stone and his boyhood best friend just back from afghanistan are being lauded as heroes in france, along with a third american friend, anthony sadler and two other passengers, one british, one french. they noticed the gunman trying to fire an a.k.47. >> tackled him, he hit the beyond. alec grabbed the gun out of his hand while i put him in a chokehold. seems like he kept pulling more weapons left and right. pulled out a handgun, alex took that. took out a box cutter, started jabbing at me with that. >> the gunman was on the radar in three countries for having tie to say radical islam and for having traveled to syria. his legal team said he's just a homeless man who found the weapons in a bag. >> he says he planned to hold up a train, then shootout a window and jump out to escape. >> that's unlikely say the three american heroes who saw the cache of weapons up close. >> he was just trying to rob the train. it doesn't take eight magaz

you to the prime minister of france and also the lady -- the ambassador of the united states, jane hartleyand prefects of -- who had to face this difficult situation and also the emergency services who had to deal with this issue, both at the state level and at the regional level. also, the emergency and health services who acted quickly to help a french-american passenger who is currently in hospital. and we are supporting him as he goes through this. i also want to thank the ceo of the sncf and also to thank all of those people who worked on the railways in france and belgium. today we are here to render homage, to celebrate four people. four men, who by their courage, saved lives. who showed and gave us an example of what it is possible to do in these kinds of dramatic situations. christopher norman, anthony sadler, alec school la toes and spencer stone. last friday you were in the train between amsterdam and paris. you were three friends discovering europe heading by train to paris. you, christopher, you were going home. after a business trip. three americans and one englishman. that y