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Reporters how they saw a man with a rifle and just jumped into action. Its kind of a long story, but i kind of just woke up from the middle of a deep sleep and my friend anthony alek was sitting next to me, anthony was to my right side. I saw what looked to be a ak47. It was jammed or wasnt working, he was trying to charge the weapon, he hit me on the shoulder, said lets go. Ran down, tackled him, we hit the ground, alek came up and grabbed the gun out of his hand while i put him in a chokehold. Seemed he kept pulling more weapons left and right. Pulled out a handgun, alek took that. The gunman would have been successful if my friend spencer had not gotten up. I look going forward, in times of terror like that to please do something, dont just stand by and watch. I feel our training mostly kicked in after he was subdued, frankly, when it came to mental prepare and things like that. Making sure there was not another shooter, but in the beginning it was mostly just gut instinct. Gut inst ....
Hello again, everyone, thanks for joining me. Im frederica whitfield. An intense battle is raging in the northwest has firefighters try to beat back a series of wildfires in three states now. Residents in idaho, Washington State and california have been forced to evacuate and at least 50 homes in idaho alone have now been destroyed. Cnns nick valencia is following all of it. Scary stuff. Scary stuff. Those folks in the northwest could use a major break. Dozens of wildfires raging all across the united states. Fredricka was talking about it. Nowhere harder hit than in the northwest, washington, oregon and idaho. This weekend, hundreds of firefighters working around the clock to protect people and property from these fastmoving flames. Against a majestic mountainous backdr backdrop, the flames rage, forcing evacuations in chellin county, washington. I was outrunning flames at 60 miles an hour. This hillside was on fire, this whole ....
I turned around and i saw he had what looked to be an ak47. He looked like it was jammed or wasnt working. He was trying to charge the weapon. Alek just hit me on the shoulder and said lets go. Ran down, tackled him. We hit the ground. Alek came up and grabbed the gun out of his hand while i put him in a chokehold. It seemed like he just kept pulling more weapons left and right. Pulled out a handgun. Alek took that. Took out a box cutter and started jabbing at me with that. He clearly had no Firearms Training whatsoever. And yes, if he knew what he was doing or even just got lucky and did the right thing, he would have been able to operate through all eight of those magazines and we would have all been in trouble and probably wouldnt be here today, along with a lot of other people. Initially kind of after it happened, i kind of knew realized the magnitude. I didnt quite understand that all this would happen, but i knew that it ....
A drop of rule of law indicators as a result of the war on terror and drugs. Perhaps it will be a nudge for the leaders of the land of the free. Thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. I will see you next week. Happening right now in the newsroom, a heros story. I tried to shoot him. He did. I turned around and i saw he had what looked to be an ak47. He looked like it was jammed or wasnt working. He was trying to discharge the weapon. Alec hit me on the shoulder and said lets go. Ran down, tackled him. We hit the ground. Alec came up and grabbed the gun out of his hand while i put him in a choke hold. Three Young Americans save the day and lives and humbly call it instinct. Newsroom starts now. Hello and thanks for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. Were hearing from all three american who say helped prevent what could have opinion a massacre on a european train. Spencer stone, anthony sad her and alec garlo ....
Spread to his brain. Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, erica hill. Quick thinking and gut instinct getting the credit tonight as the three americans who helped tackle a gunman on board a parisbound train described in detail together for the first time how they were able to subdue the shooter. A man were learning was known to three European Countries prompting at least one warning to french officials about possible extremist ties. Kelly cobiella has our details tonight. Kelly, good evening. Reporter good evening to you. These three americans all in their early 20s started their trip on a different part of the train because they couldnt find their ticketed seats. This all could have ended much differently had they not moved before the attacker started shooting, and they say the gunman neve ....