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the french president at the presidential palace. polo sandoval has more details for us. it s a pretty remarkable story all the way around on how these young men ended up on that train. they re friends traveling together in europe and then they were really tested, weren t they? reporter: truly at the right place at the right time, fred. we already heard from alek skarlatos yesterday and anthony sadler. today we get to harear from tha third hero himself exactly how he was able to confront this gunman. it feels very unreal. it fields like a dream. reporter: bearing the visible reminders of a bloody confrontation, u.s. airman spencer stone relives the moment he led a charming against a gunman on board a french train. i turned around and i saw what looked to be an ak-47. he looked like it was jammed or it wasn t working. he was trying to charge the weapon. alek just hit me on the shoulder and said let s go. reporter: those two words
i just want to say to the french people, you guys have been more than kind, the medical staff and the cops and everyone. the surgical team that reattached my thumb and tendons and nerves and everything like that, i want to say thank you. all the nurses, techs, paramedics, they were great. really grateful three young men, but it s the nation of france and beyond there in europe, people thaniking them fr their bravery, so it s going to be very busy for those three the next few days. tomorrow they will meet french president francois hollande along with a variety of dignitaries. sadler is expected to return soon but the other two will head to germany for medical treatment and evaluation at u.s. military installations. let s get more on the heroic actions of these young men on that train. let me bring in lieutenant colonel mark erdling, a former u.s. commanding general in europe and senior international
correspondent nic robertson in paris. nic, let me begin with you. let s talk more about this ceremony, tomorrow at the palace involving these three americans. would it also involve like the british national as well? reporter: sure. that s exactly what we re examinin expecting, chris norman will be there. what president francois hollande wants to do is honor and respect and pay tribute to everyone that had a hand along with these three young brave americans in taking down this would be mass killer on the train. so the government here i mean look at the speed with which they responded. this is quite incredible. they really have put this at the forefront of their agenda at the beginning of the week. it s the first thing the president is doing monday morning. the prime minister will be there, the interior minister, the transport minister. every minister that s connected with this will be there to thank these young men. this is a huge tribute.
about what dictated their actions? first, fredricka, isn t this a great story? it s beautiful. it just shows some terrific things going on in these young people s minds. and yeah, military training certainly contributes to this. when we bring in young men and women into the service, we teach them to be action figures. we talk to them about personal courage, doing the right things under the right situations. we talk to them about values and how they do how they see the world around them. and then also we talk we teach them to be situationally aware, to see their surroundings and how they fit into it. it s not only in a combat zone but also in a train car. when you re talking about airman stone, who s a medical technician and specialist skarlatos who is an national guardsman and mr. sadler, these are action figures, in this case three young men, who are contributing to the world around them. i think they gained a little bit from their military training, at