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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 259 

Honoring the bravery and heroism of those who selflessly prevented a deadly 

terrorist attack and saved countless lives while aboard a passenger train 

bound from Amsterdam to Paris on August 21, 2015. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. 

MCCAIN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. REID, Mr. ALEXANDER, 

Ms. AYOTTE, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BENNET, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BROWN, 

Mr. BURR, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. 

CASEY, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. COATS, Mr. COCHRAN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. 

COONS, Mr. CORKER, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CRUZ, 

Mr. DAINES, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ENZI, Mrs. ERNST, Mrs. 

FISCHER, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. GARDNER, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, 

Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HATCH, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. HELLER, 

Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JOHNSON, 

Mr. KAINE, Mr. KING, Mr. KIRK, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. 

LEAHY, Mr. LEE, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. 

MENENDEZ, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. MORAN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, 

Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 

PORTMAN, Mr. REED, Mr. RISCH, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. 

RUBIO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SASSE, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. 

SCOTT, Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. SHELBY, Ms. STABENOW, 

Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. TESTER, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. 

UDALL, Mr. VITTER, Mr. WARNER, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, 

and Mr. WICKER) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the bravery and heroism of those who selflessly 

prevented a deadly terrorist attack and saved countless 


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lives while aboard a passenger train bound from Amsterdam to Paris on August 21, 2015. 

Whereas, on Friday, August 21, 2015, United States Air 

Force Airman First Class Spencer Stone, Oregon Army 

National Guard Specialist Aleksander Skarlatos, college 

student Anthony Sadler, and others selflessly risked their 

lives and forcibly subdued a gunman on a train carrying 

more than 500 passengers; 

Whereas the gunman was armed with a Kalashnikov assault 

rifle, a handgun, a box cutter, and 9 magazines carrying 

hundreds of rounds of ammunition and could have killed 

and injured dozens of passengers had the gunman not 

been stopped; 

Whereas Mark Moogalian, a 51 year old French-American 

professor and musician, courageously attempted to subdue the gunman and wrestled the Kalashnikov away from 

the gunman, but was shot by the gunman; 

Whereas United States Air Force Airman First Class Spencer Stone, Oregon Army National Guard Specialist 

Aleksander Skarlatos, college student Anthony Sadler, 

and British consultant Chris Norman took courageous 

action on their own initiative and forcibly subdued the 

gunman, rendering the gunman unconscious and tying up 

the gunman on the floor of the train with t-shirts; 

Whereas United States Air Force Airman First Class Spencer Stone suffered serious injuries, including a partially 

severed thumb, from the gunman’s box cutter; 

Whereas, notwithstanding his own injuries, United States Air 

Force Airman First Class Spencer Stone treated the 

wounds and likely saved the life of French-American 

Mark Moogalian; 


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Whereas French President Franc ̧ois Hollande awarded 

United States Air Force Airman First Class Spencer 

Stone, Oregon Army National Guard Specialist 

Aleksander Skarlatos, college student Anthony Sadler, 

and British consultant Chris Norman the highest civilian 

honor in France, the Legion of Honor, and pledged to do 

the same for French-American Mark Moogalian and 

Frenchman Damien A., who also helped thwart the attack; 

Whereas the United States Air Force has stated that it will 

nominate United States Air Force Airman First Class 

Spencer Stone for the Airman’s Medal, the highest award 

of the Air Force for non-combat bravery; 

Whereas the United States Army has nominated Oregon 

Army National Guard Specialist Aleksander Skarlatos for 

the Soldier’s Medal, the highest award of the Army for 

acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an 

enemy; 

Whereas the Department of Defense will honor United States 

Air Force Airman First Class Spencer Stone with the 

Purple Heart award and Oregon Army National Guard 

Specialist Aleksander Skarlatos and college student Anthony Sadler each with an award for courage and valor; 

Whereas the city of Sacramento recognized the heroism of 

United States Air Force Airman First Class Spencer 

Stone, Oregon Army National Guard Specialist 

Aleksander Skarlatos, and college student Anthony 

Sadler through a Hometown Heroes Parade on the California Capitol Mall on September 11, 2015; 

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fornia, joined the United States Air Force nearly 3 years 

ago and serves as a medical technician stationed at Lajes 

Air Base in the Azores; 

Whereas Oregon Army National Guard Specialist Aleksander 

Skarlatos is 22 years old and a resident of Oregon and 

had recently returned to Oregon after a 9 month deployment in Afghanistan; 

Whereas Anthony Sadler is 23 years old, a resident of California, and is a student studying kinesiology at the California State University at Sacramento; and 

Whereas United States Air Force Airman First Class Spencer Stone, Oregon Army National Guard Specialist 

Aleksander Skarlatos, and college student Anthony 

Sadler were childhood friends raised in the Sacramento 

area who were on vacation in Europe together at the time 

they courageously and selflessly thwarted a terrorist attack and saved countless lives: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) honors and commends the extraordinary 

3 bravery, courage, and heroism of United States Air 

4 Force Airman First Class Spencer Stone, Oregon 

5 Army National Guard Specialist Aleksander 

6 Skarlatos, college student Anthony Sadler, French7 American Mark Moogalian, British consultant Chris 

8 Norman, and Frenchman Damien A., who selflessly 

9 risked their own lives to prevent a terrorist attack 

10 that could have killed dozens aboard a passenger 

11 train bound for Paris; and 


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1 (2) extends best wishes for a full recovery to all 

2 innocent individuals who were injured during the at3 tack, including United States Air Force Airman 

4 First Class Spencer Stone and French-American 

5 Mark Moogalian. 

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