Three US citizens and a Briton who on Friday helped disarm a gunman on a train from Amsterdam to Paris, are to be awarded France’s highest honour. <br /><br /> Spencer Stone (23) Antony Sadler (23) Alek Skarlatos (22) and Chris Norman (62) are to meet French President Francois Hollande today ( Monday Aug 24) who will present them with the Legion d’Honneur in recognition of their bravery.<br /><br /> The men, two of whom were American servicemen, have played down their actions saying they just reacted on instinct.<br /><br /> “ I didn’t really have much of a state of awareness, it wasn’t really a conscious decision, we just kind of acted, there was not much thinking going on, at least on my end,” said Aleksander Skarlatos who is a National Guard reservist<br /><br /> Another man who also tried to stop the gunman and is French is thought to have has chosen to remain anonymous.<br /><br /> Friday’s incident began when the French passenger tried to enter a toilet, encountered the gunman and tried to overpower him. A gun was fired and
