French president to award the country's highest award to American train heroes; Updated

On Monday, French President François Hollande will meet with the two American soldiers who neutralized a potential attack yesterday on a train traveling from Paris to Amsterdam. They will also be receiving France’s highest award.

BREAKING: Monday President Hollande will award Légion d'Honneur to the 3 American and 1 Brit heroes of French train attack. #Thalys

— Michael Barger (@MichaelBarger1) August 23, 2015

Here’s the official tweet from Hollande:

Je recevrai @elysee les Américains et Français ayant permis de maîtriser l'agresseur du Thalys pour leur témoigner la gratitude de la France

— François Hollande (@fhollande) August 22, 2015

Well deserved honor.

Update:

It looks as if the attack was over a robbery.

Robbery, not terrorism, was aim of French train attack, suspect tells lawyer http://t.co/i9hvJ4ru3M

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 23, 2015

Editor’s note:  We have updated this post to read that Hollande will meet with the two heroes, and not be giving the award. We have also updated the post with an additional tweet indicating that the attack was over a robbery and not terrorism. We apologize for any confusion.

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