According to a French sports reporter, these are the two American Marines that thwarted the terrorist attack on a French train earlier today:
Énorme respect aux militaires américains du #Thalys qui ont neutralisé le tireur pic.twitter.com/ErmTPXLKux
— Grégoire CATRY (@g_catry) August 21, 2015
Les héros américains du #Thalys à #Arras ce soir pic.twitter.com/FPZpZ7ZiOC
— Grégoire CATRY (@g_catry) August 21, 2015
According to media reports, one is in critical condition after the terrorist slashed one with a knife and shot the other.
We’ll try to confirm this info as soon as possible.
UPDATE:
I don’t know French but this dude he’s the president of something or other, so why not?
Demandons la #reconnaissance de l'état aux #héros américains qui ont neutralisé le tireur du #Thalys @BCazeneuve pic.twitter.com/BqW7lpzncM
— Jean André Lasserre (@JALasserre) August 22, 2015
Seems legit.