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The 15:17 to Paris is an amazing true story of friendship and
bravery, of near terrorist attack averted by three young men who
found the heroic unity and strength inside themselves at the moment
when they, and 500 other innocent travellers, needed it most. An
ISIS terrorist planned to kill more than 500 people. He would have
succeeded except for three American friends who refused to give in
to fear. On August 21, 2015, Ayoub El-Khazzani boarded train #9364
in Brussels, bound for Paris. There could be no doubt about his
mission: he had an AK-47, a pistol, a box cutter, and enough
ammunition to obliterate every passenger on board. Slipping into
the bathroom in secret, he armed his weapons. Another major ISIS
attack was about to begin. Khazzani wasn't expecting Anthony
Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, and Spencer Stone. Stone was a martial arts
enthusiast and airman first class in the US Air Force, Skarlatos
was a member of the Oregon National Guard, and all three were
fearless. But their decision, to charge the gunman, then overpower
him even as he turned first his gun, then his knife, on Stone,
depended on a lifetime of loyalty, support, and faith. Their
friendship was forged as they came of age together in California:
going to church, playing paintball, teaching each other to swear,
and sticking together when they got in trouble at school. Years
later, that friendship would give all of them the courage to stand
in the path of one of the world's deadliest terrorist
organizations. The 15:17 to Paris is an amazing true story of
friendship and bravery, of near tragedy averted by three young men
who found the heroic unity and strength inside themselves at the
moment when they, and 500 other innocent travellers, needed it
most.
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