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Sacramento College Student Among Americans Who Helped Subdue Gunman on Train

"I'm just a college student. This is my last year in college," Anthony Sadler said at a news conference in France. "I came to see friends and ... my first trip in Europe. And we stopped a terrorist. It's kind of crazy." (Credit: CNN)

Sacramento college student Anthony Sadler was on his first trip to Europe when his heroism made him an international figure.

Sadler and two other men were credited with stopping a terrorist attack on a French train Friday.

“I’m just a college student. This is my last year in college,” Sadler said at a news conference in France. “I came to see friends and … my first trip in Europe. And we stopped a terrorist. It’s kind of crazy.”

Sadler grew up in the Sacramento suburb of Rancho Cordova and is a senior at Sacramento State University.

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