4 00 eastern, im poppy harlow in new york. More breaking news. The gunman that was tackled and hogtied by three americans on board a parisbound train has just been identified. He may have ties to isis. A source telling us at cnn cnn that authorities traced his travel movements to turkey and we just learned this is where he may have been in contact with french isis fighters. The shooter who emerged from the trains bathroom with a rifle slung over his shoulder was taken down by a british man and three quickthinking americans, one a u. S. Air force member, the other a member of the National Guard. The bloody aftermath showing one of the americans on the ground above him. The gunman shirtless and restrained with a necktie around his feet and ankles. President obama calling the three american heroes personally, thanking them for all they did and for stopping what could have been a tragic and huge massacre. Anthony sadler joins me on the phone. He is the american heroes father. One of the me
Parsons Run residents worry a nearby stream will continue to erode land and collect waste. Like them, the city is limited in how to help, and now there s a new
kinds of attacks to understand that they will kill everybody once they get started. i said to myself okay, maybe i have a chance if i get up and help as well. praise now pouring in from all over the world but no one prouder than the parents. it s well within his character. he s a quick thinker. deep down inside i felt really really proud. i told them that. but i didn t tell him as much as i should have. gosh, i am so proud of both of them, so much. the fact that they saved all those lives and had that instinct and the guts to just do what they did. reporter: the three friends left for europe as tourists and will return to the u.s. as heroes. that last shot, you see spencer stone leaving the hospital now. he continues to recover at this point. now we are also learning more about some other key players in this story. aside from spencer here, we also understand that it was initially a french passenger who made that
several officials, the praise is literally just pouring in. now we are left to ask ourselves exactly what would have happened if these three men didn t stand up and act. that s spencer stone, injured on board this french train after he and two fellow americans stopped a would-be terrorist armed with guns and a box cutter. stone, a u.s. airman, is credited with leading the charge along with alex skarlata and anthony sadler. really proud of my friend that he just reacted so quickly and so bravely. he was really the first one over there. even after being injured himself, he went to go help the other man who was bleeding. the three childhood friends were traveling together aboard the high speed train when they sprang into action. stone bloodied yet determined to stop a massacre from happening. the young man had help from british passenger chris normand who used his necktie to hog tie the gunman. we have seen enough of these