US airman stabbed months after thwarting French train attack

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2015 file photo, French President Francois Hollande shakes hands with U.S. Airman Spencer Stone outside the Elysee Palace in Paris after Hollande awarded Stone and two friends with the French Legion of Honor for subduing a gunman on a Paris-bound train three days earlier. Stone is in stable condition Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, after being stabbed in Sacramento, Calif., according to an Air Force spokesman. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File) FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2015 file photo, French President Francois Hollande shakes hands with U.S. Airman Spencer Stone outside the Elysee Palace in Paris after Hollande awarded Stone and two friends with the French Legion of Honor for subduing a gunman on a Paris-bound train three days earlier. Stone is in stable condition Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, after being stabbed in Sacramento, Calif., according to an Air Force spokesman. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

By Associated Press October 9, 2015 3 min read

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, hailed as a hero after he was severely cut while helping stop a terror attack on a French train in August, was repeatedly stabbed in what police said was an alcohol-fueled, late-night brawl in a Sacramento nightclub district.

Officials said Stone was in intensive care following the fighting early Thursday but expected to fully recover.

“We know it’s not related to what occurred in France,” Sacramento Deputy Police Chief Ken Bernard said.

Stone was out with four friends when they got into a fight near a bar with another group of people, Bernard said.

The deputy chief would not disclose what sparked the argument but said there was no evidence the assailants knew who Stone was.