Here is what three Americans did to prevent a train massacre a couple of days ago:
A Kalashnikov assault weapon with nine magazines of ammunition, a Luger automatic pistol with extra ammo and a box cutter were carried by the man who attempted to attack a packed high-speed passenger train, according to the French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, on Saturday.
With that kind of firepower, a massacre might have occurred if three American friends traveling together and a British passenger had not tackled, beaten and tied up the suspect, authorities say.
Of the Americans, two are U.S. service members. Spencer Stone serves in the Air Force and Alek Skarlatos is a member of the Oregon National Guard. The third American is Anthony Sadler, a college student.
The train was speeding through Belgium when the man emerged from the train bathroom, shirtless with an AK 47 slung over his shoulder, according to the Americans.
The three men responded quickly and prevented a deadly attack on the high-speed Thalys train.
“My friend Alek (Skarlatos) yells, ‘Get him,’ so my friend Spencer (Stone) immediately gets up to charge the guy, followed by Alek, then myself,” Anthony Sadler said.
“By their courage, they saved lives,” President François Hollande said. “They gave us an example of what is possible to do in these kinds of situations.”
Today the French government has shocked the American people by recognizing the bravery, selfless service, duty, and courage that our service members showed when they were willing to die to save the lives of innocent people. For their actions, all three Americas were awarded The Legion of Honor — France’s highest recognition.
As an American soldier, I am beyond proud of those service members for their actions to prevent another terrorist attack, but I can’t help to ask myself… what will the Obama administration do to honor them?
Honestly – I think nothing; Obama has shown us that when our military does the right thing, it doesn’t deserve an award or recognition.
I’m not saying we should award them the Congressional Medal of Honor, but for once, give our service members some recognition. A press conference or a simple pat on the back will do. But we all know is – sadly, that’s never going to happen.
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Pacemaker Press 09/7/2015 Medical Team carry the coffin followed by Family members during The Funeral of Dr John Hinds takes place at St Patrick's Church in Portaferry. Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker
The heartbroken partner of motorbike racing's 'flying doctor' John Hinds, who died in a tragic accident at the weekend, has called on people in Northern Ireland to back his campaign for the introduction of an air ambulance here.
Speaking for the first time about the Portaferry man whose funeral yesterday was attended by more than 1,000 mourners, Dr Janet Acheson described him as her "quiet man who will own my heart for ever".
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And as his remains were carried from St Patrick's Church in Portaferry, Janet placed a red rose on his coffin as the song he played to her every night before they went to sleep rang out over the chapel's PA system.
Janet fought back the tears and clung to Dr Hinds' parents Dermot and Josephine for support as she listened to the lines that said "rest in peaceful sleep" and "just give love to all".
Dr Hinds, who saved the lives of many road racing riders and spectators, died on Saturday morning after sustaining extensive injuries while providing medical cover at a practice session for the Skerries 100 motorcycle races in the Republic the day before.
Dr Hinds - who was a consultant anaesthetist at Craigavon Area Hospital and a lecturer in trauma science - was travelling on his own motorbike behind the riders when he crashed into a wall. Yesterday dozens of bikers, paramedics, fire officers and motorcycling marshals provided a guard of honour as his huge funeral cortege wound its way the three miles from the Hinds' family home to the church where John was baptised 35 years ago.
Two PSNI motorcyclists were at the head of the cortege, which also included dozens of motorbike enthusiasts from all over Ireland.
Fr Michael Hinds conducted the funeral service for his cousin and read out a message from Janet, who said John had radiated grace from the heart and peace from the soul.
She added: "John believed it was easier to ask for forgiveness than permission and that is how his achievements leave us in his wake. There has been much made of John's age, but as he used to say to me, with his infectious sense of humour: 'Age doesn't matter unless you are a cheese'."
Earlier, in a statement, Janet said: "I urge you all today on John's behalf to help us ensure that his dream of a first-class, world-leading trauma network - with a doctor-led helicopter emergency medical service at its core - becomes a reality so that it can start saving lives on our doorstep."
Dr John Hinds who was killed in a crash during Skerries 100 practice session. Photo: Stephen Davison
Fr Hinds said the role reversal as doctors fought to save John's life in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin was almost too perverse to comprehend, adding: "The administration of medical care was his role, his expertise and even to a large degree his raison d'etre in life."
Fr Hinds, who called his cousin the 'bikers' guardian angel', said he had been a great but unassuming and unaffected man who with his brilliant mind and skilled medical hands had "perpetuated life for so many other people without seeking reward or praise in return".
He finished his homily by saying: "Ride on in peace Delta 7, ride on" - a reference to Dr Hinds' call sign, which had been given to him after he volunteered to work with the Ambulance Service to respond to road and industrial accidents. An emotional eulogy was delivered at the Requiem Mass by Dr Fred McSorley, another road racing medic and a close friend of Dr Hinds.
Dr McSorley said John had been an extraordinary man, an inspirational teacher and doctor, who only two weeks ago had spoken passionately at a prestigious trauma conference in Chicago.
He said that he first met Dr Hinds when he was a young medical student who was keen to join his travelling doctors team at road races, but was too young.
"He just wouldn't go away," said Dr McSorley.
"Little did we know what a star he was to become and rapidly the master was being taught by the pupil." He said Dr Hinds usually got to the scene of accidents first.
He added: "So instead of being the travelling doctor, I was becoming the travelling second opinion."
Dr McSorley spoke of the shock among the medical team who arrived on the scene of Dr Hinds' crash at Skerries.
"They thought they were going out to a fallen competitor. They had no idea they were going out to Dr John, their mentor, their teacher," he said.
"Through extraordinarily different circumstances, they worked heroics, but they did exactly as John had been teaching them during the winter (training) sessions. They just stuck to his teachings."
Dr McSorley said after Dr Hinds passed away, Janet had urged him to go to the Skerries races to help the emergency medical teams, as it was what he would have wanted him to do.
Turning to Dr Hinds' legacy, Dr McSorley said his friend had realised it would take a long time to improve the trauma care system in Northern Ireland.
"He recognised that a helicopter had to be part of an integrated, reformed trauma service, so it was integral to the service and not just an add-on.
"That will take several years of hard work and John was the very person who would have driven that on.
"I don't know who will take that on now - hopefully someone will."
Dr McSorley made a plea for people who wanted to keep Dr Hinds' memory alive in the shorter term to become blood donors.
He revealed that blood from 54 donors had been used on Dr Hinds at Beaumont Hospital.
He added: "That kept him alive long enough so that the last of his family, his brother Colin, could fly over from London to be with him while he was still alive."
Dr McSorley said he hoped that in time his colleague's dream of improving the trauma service here would come true, with a helicopter at the heart of it.
He revealed that Dr Hinds' Delta 7 pager had been deactivated by the Ambulance Service on Tuesday.
"I would hope with the help and dedication of people here that in the years to come the call sign will be heard again (on a helicopter) - as clear to land on a heliport at the top of the Royal Victoria Hospital."
Dr Hinds was buried in a graveyard adjoining St Patrick's Church at the foot of Portaferry's Windmill Hill, with the sun shimmering on the Mourne Mountains in the distance.
With his star-spangled top hat, steely-eyed gaze and finger pointed squarely at the nation’s heart, Uncle Sam is one of the most recognizable symbols of U.S. patriotism there is. But what many don’t realize is that he was an actual person.
Just ask one of his great-great-great-great-grandchildren.
The direct descendants of Samuel Wilson -- a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied beef rations to soldiers during the war of 1812 and is commonly recognized as inspiring the nickname and poster for “Uncle Sam” -- were recently revealed to be living in Arkansas, thanks to research scientists at genealogy site MyHeritage.
“Tracing generations of descendants step-by-step, especially when you're starting with a name like Sam Wilson, which is relatively common, means you have to be sure your research is taking you in the right directions,” Aaron Godfrey, marketing director for the site, told ABC News.
“MyHeritage provides access to billions of historical documents, including newspapers and censuses, and millions of family trees. ... The challenge is knowing where to start yet not knowing what you might discover.”
But while the greater public may have been unaware of their existence, for Helen Painter, eldest sister of seven and matriarch to Samuel Wilson’s living descendants, the revelation has been common family knowledge for as long as she can remember.
“I’ve always pretty much been aware of the connection to Samuel Wilson,” Painter told ABC News. “My grandmother was the daughter of Carlton Sheldon, who was Marion Wilson’s son, and she was the granddaughter of Samuel. Granny always kept us very informed.”
Helen Painter
PHOTO: Painter was sent a gift from historians in Troy, New York.
Brought up in a self-described “big, Catholic family,” Painter, along with her five siblings Bill, Jane, Charles, Richard and Thomas Hambuchen were all raised and still live in Conway, Arkansas, as does their mother, Betty Hambuchen, who is 85. Painter’s other brother, John Hambuchen, died in 2009.
Keeping meticulous birth and marriage records, photos and letters from the past, Painter said her grandmother, Lillie Parkes, was sure to educate all family members on their lineage, which occasionally made itself known to a wider audience in the form of school reports and local parades.
“I remember in the 1980s Granny contacted our local fair committee and we rode in the county fair parade as the only living descendent of Uncle Sam,” Painter said. “We rode behind Jerry Lee Lewis, as best I recall.”
Helen Painter
PHOTO: Marion Wilson Sheldon and her granddaughter Helen Sheldon Brockett.
But regardless of birth certificates and census records, genes can tell in other ways, too.
Painter, 60, works a tireless schedule as a registered nurse for a local health care facility in Arkansas and will be on call the entire 4th of July weekend, helping to assist those in need. Meanwhile, her eldest son, Trey Hauptmann, 40, is a 20-year veteran of the Navy, and works as a senior chief petty officer.
“We were talking the other night and he said something to the effect of ‘Uncle Sam supplied the army with the meat and pork they needed and today I provide people with the Band-Aids they need,” she recalled. “So in some ways [Samuel Wilson] has influenced his belief in assisting people and helping people.”
MyHeritage's Godfrey told ABC News that one of the most interesting parts of his research on Uncle Sam was the discovery not only that Wilson’s family was still living but that “the descendants of the man believed to be the face of one of America's most patriotic posters are themselves patriots,” he said, “serving in the armed forces or working for their state. The values of patriotism and national service run deep in this family.”
But Painter doesn’t think that leaves others off the hook.
“I think we should all be patriotic because we’re American citizens and we all hold a piece of our heritage no matter what it is,” she said.
“Whether it’s an icon or the person who did more menial jobs that never got that recognition, there are a lot of wonderful people who have done a lot of wonderful things. Hopefully, we can continue to do great things to take care of each other, whether it’s handing out meat, or Band-Aids or handing out a smile or a pat on the back.”
There has been a domestic terrorist attack on American soil. It was not perpetrated by a Tea Partier, Pro Lifer or a returning Veteran. It was done in the name of Allah. Again.
Good luck hearing about it. Only a few recent Fox News reports have mentioned the “lone wolf” terrorist who attacked a 19 year old rising sophomore at the University of Richmond.
His name was Brendan Tevlin and he was senselessly murdered by Ali Muhammad Brown and his two accomplices. Brown has also been charged with the murders of two gay men in Seattle. He was involved in the April 27th murder of another Seattle man as well as the murder of Cheyanne Bond, who was shot on June 29 in an apparent robbery in Newark, New Jersey.
Brown and his accomplice, Jeremy Villagran, shot Tevlin ten times with a 9 mm Luger. A devout Muslim, Brown believed that he had the right to “take a life for a life” as he disagreed with U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Syria. According to court documents and NJ.com, Brown quoted that he felt it was his “mission” to kill Tevlan. He was seeking retribution.
Brendan Tevlin was innocently sitting at a traffic light and had just texted his mom that he would be home shortly, after playing video games with a nearby friend in West Orange, New Jersey. In what initially appeared to be a robbery, Brown and his accomplice, Jeremy Villagran, approached Tevlan’s Liberty Jeep and proceeded to have an altercation. Together, they fired ten rounds into the vehicle, killing Tevlin. Brown shoved Tevlin’s body into the passenger seat and drove to an apartment complex where he abandoned the vehicle. Villagran fled in a getaway car driven by Andre Fields.
Brendan graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School with a 4.0 grade point average for all four years. He was in the National Honor Society, Math Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society. He served on Student Council and as a Eucharist minister at his church and he was a talented bagpipe member in the Essex County Shillelagh Pipes and Drums. In his free time, he loved surfing on the Jersey shore and spent summers there with his family. He was just three years shy of a business degree from U of R.
The pictures of Brendan and his siblings resemble a Ralph Lauren ad with their wholesome, all American good looks. They exude innocence and happiness.
I cannot fathom the grief his family is enduring knowing that he died because a jihadist on American soil wanted retribution; nor can I imagine the fear he must have experienced in those final moments as he realized that his life was ending.
How does one put their life back together? Where is the outrage for this mother? Where are the protestors and Eric Holder? Why hasn’t President Obama offered condolences to this family on national television as he did Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown?
An American was assassinated in our own country for simply being an American. With the exception of one New Jersey radio host and Megyn Kelly, there has been little coverage of this heinous crime. I am so over the double standard that exists in our mainstream media and this administration.
If President Obama had a son and he looked like Brendan, maybe this would have made the 11pm news. Then again, maybe it wouldn’t. In America, killing in the name of Allah isn’t terrorism if the victims are soldiers at Fort Hood, two gay guys or a Christian surfer.
Chris Kyle became the armed services number #1 sniper of all time. Notsomething he was happy about, other than the fact, he saved a lot of Americanlives.
Three years ago, Chris left the SEAL teams because a huge bounty on hishead by Al Qaeda. “The American Sniper.” 100% of the proceeds from the bookwent to two of the SEAL families who had lost their sons in Iraq.
THE UNBELIEVABLE .
Southwest Airlines flew in any SEAL and their family from any airport to the funeral… free of charge. The employees donated buddy passes and one lady worked for four days without much of a break to see that it happened. Volunteers were at both airports in Dallas to drive them to the hotel.
The Marriott Hotel reduced their rates to $45 a night and cleared the hotel for only SEAL’s and family. The Midlothian, TX Police Department paid the $45 a night for eachroom. 100 of them were SEALs.
Two large buses were chartered (an unknown donor paid the bill) to transport people to the different events and they also had a few rental cars (donated).
The police and secret service were on duty 24 hours during the stay atour hotel.
At the Kyle house, the Texas DPS parked a large motor home in front to block the view from reporters. It remained there the entire five days for the SEALs to meet in and so they could use the restroom there instead of the bathroom in the house.
Taya, their two small children and both sets of parents were staying in the home. Only a hand full of SEALs went into the home asthey had different duties and meetings were held sometimes on a hourly basis.
George W Bush and his wife Laura , met and talked to everyone on the Seal Team one on one. They went behind closed doors with Taya for quite a while. They had prayer with us all. You can tell when people were sincere and caring
Nolan Ryan sent his cooking team, fed people all day long including the 200 SEALs and their families.
The next day a local BBQ restaurant set up a buffet in front of the house and fed all once again.Food was plentiful and all were taken care of.The family’s church kept those inside the house well fed.
Jerry Jones, made sure we all were taken care of. He donated the use of Cowboy Stadium for the services.. Every car, bus, motorcycle was searched with bomb dogs and police.
There were about 300 people . A Medal of Honor recipient was there, lots of secret service & police another 10,000 ++ were in the stadium.
The Bagpipe and drum corps, the Texas A&M men’s choir stood through the entire service and sang.
The next day was the 200-mile procession from Midlothian, TX to Austin.
Two helicopters circled with snipers sitting at side doors for protection.
It was the longest funeral procession ever in the state of Texas. Firemen on one knee, police officers children veterans saluting.
Every bridge had fire trucks with large flags displayed.
People all along the entire 200 miles were standing in the cold weather.
Texas National Cemetery. Very few are buried there you have to apply Civil War, Medal of Honor winners, a few from the Alamo, historical people of Texas and now CHRIS KYLE.
Each SEAL put his Trident (metal SEAL badge) on the top of Chris’ casket, one at a time.
After the service Governor Rick Perry and his wife, Anita, invited us to the governor’s mansion. She gave each of the SEALs a coin of Texas.
To this day, no one in the White House has never acknowledged Chris Kyle; his service, his death, his duty, his generosity, his caring, his life. However, the President can call a sports person and congratulate him on his bravery for announcing to the world that he is gay.
He can say on national television that someone, a man who has committed a crime and was shot by police in the line of duty, would have made him a good son.
HERE IS WHAT CHRIS DID AFTER HE LEFT THE MILITARY.
He formed a company in Dallas to train military, police and I think firemen, how to protect themselves in difficult situations. He also formed a foundation to work with military people suffering from PTSD. He, along with a friend and neighbor, Chad Littlefield, were murdered trying to help a young man that had served six months in Iraq and claimed to have PTSD.
The SEALS have asked that you please, keep this moving if you think Chris Kyle would have made a good son.
Kyle was born in Odessa, Texas, the first of two boys born to Deby Lynn (née Mercer) and Wayne Kenneth Kyle, a Sunday school teacher and a deacon.[3][10] Kyle's father bought his son his first rifle at eight years old, a bolt-action .30-06 Springfield rifle, and later a shotgun, with which they hunted pheasant, quail, and deer.[3] Kyle attended high school in Midlothian, Texas.[11] After school, Kyle became a professional bronco rodeo rider and worked on a ranch, but his professional rodeo career ended abruptly when he severely injured his arm.[12]
Assigned to SEAL Team 3, sniper element, platoon "Charlie" (later "Cadillac"),[7] within the Naval Special Warfare Command, and with four tours of duty, Kyle served in many major battles of the Iraq War.[3] His first long-range kill shot was taken during the initial invasion when he shot a woman approaching a group of Marines while carrying a hand grenade. An article by CNN reported that the woman was cradling a toddler in her other hand.[13] As ordered, he opened fire, killing the woman before she could attack.[14] He later stated, "the woman was already dead. I was just making sure she didn't take any Marines with her. It was clear that not only did she want to kill them, but she didn’t care about anybody else nearby who would have been blown up by the grenade or killed in the firefight. Children on the street, people in the houses, maybe her child"[7] Because of his track record as a marksman during his deployment to Ramadi, the insurgents named him Shaitan Ar-Ramadi (English: 'The Devil of Ramadi'), and put a $21,000 bounty on his head that was later increased to $80,000. They posted signs highlighting the cross on his arm as a means of identifying him.[3][14] In his book, "American Sniper", Kyle describes his longest successful shot ever: in 2008, outside Sadr City, he killed an insurgent about to fire a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) at a U.S. Army convoy with "a straight-up luck shot" from his McMillan Tac-338 sniper rifle from about 2,100 yards (1,920 m) away.[7] Chris Kyle became known by the moniker "Legend" among the general infantry and Marines whom he was tasked to protect. This title initially originated in jest among fellow SEALs following his taking of a sabbatical to train other snipers in Fallujah. During four tours of duty in the Iraq War, Kyle was shot twice and survived six separate IED explosions.[14]
HANZO'S REVENGE
CUT WITH A CURSE SHARP AS A KNIFE, DOOMED IS YOUR SOUL... DAMNED IS YOUR LIFE. KEEP AMERICA FREE, CRUSH THE JIHAD!
His name was Brendan Tevlin and he was senselessly murdered by Ali Muhammad Brown and his two accomplices. Brown has also been charged with the murders of two gay men in Seattle. He was involved in the April 27th murder of another Seattle man as well as the murder of Cheyanne Bond, who was shot on June 29 in an apparent robbery in Newark, New Jersey.
The pictures of Brendan and his siblings resemble a Ralph Lauren ad with their wholesome, all American good looks. They exude innocence and happiness.
