The 15:17 to Paris : the true story of a terrorist, a train, and three friends who became heroes
Sadler, Anthony2016
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TRUE CRIME. On August 21, 2015, Ayoub al-Khazzani boarded the 15:17 train in Brussels, bound for Paris. Khazzani's mission was clear: he had an AK-47, a pistol, a box cutter, and enough ammunition to obliterate every passenger on the crowded train. Slipping into the bathroom in secret, he armed his weapons and prepared to launch his attack. But when he emerged, he encountered something he hadn't anticipated: three Americans who refused to give in to fear. This book is the gripping, true story of a terrorist attack that would have killed more than 500 people if not for their actions, but it is also the story of three American boys and their friendship. Using each hero's point of view in sequence, The 15:17 to Paris skillfully builds the drama of the attack, while weaving in the stories of the protagonists' lives, the friendship and loyalty that would come to define them, and the events that led them, inexorably, to that fateful day.
Main title:
The 15:17 to Paris : the true story of a terrorist, a train, and three friends who became heroes / Anthony Sadler ; Alek Skarlatos ; Spencer Stone and Jeffrey E. Stern.
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Imprint:
Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company, 2016.©2016.
Collation:
vii, 244 pages : 1 map ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781925355666
Dewey class:
303.625
Language:
English
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BRN:
474178