American Who Stopped French Train Gunman Released From Hospital

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone sits in the Oval Office of the White House during a meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington. An Air Force spokesman said on... FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone sits in the Oval Office of the White House during a meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington. An Air Force spokesman said on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, that Stone, who helped subdue an attacker on a Paris-bound train in August, is in stable condition after being stabbed in California. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) MORE LESS

U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, who helped stop a gunman on a train in France, was released from the hospital Thursday after he was brutally stabbed a week ago, according to a Sacramento NBC affiliate.

Stone, was one of the Americans who charged the gunman who opened fire on a passenger train in August.

Stone was repeatedly stabbed in the chest following a fight Oct. 7 in Sacramento.

“We’ve been overwhelmed by the support from our family and friends, the Sacramento area, the Air Force, and people around the world. Thank you all,” Joyce Eskel, Stone’s mother, said in a news release, according to the affiliate.

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  1. Suspect? Charges ? Feel like I’m missing something here.

  2. Why don’t the press mention what happened that night? He and some friends, male and female, were jumped after leaving a gay bar in Sacramento.

    Perhaps mentioning the situation would mean that the press would have to discuss domestic terrorism.

  3. Or a hate crime perhaps …?

  4. Once again, thanks commenters for the rest of the story. TPM is a co-op that thinks it’s a corp. Hmmm, very common situation actually.

  5. I’m hoping this young man takes some time at home. He’s had his quota of narrow escapes.

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