Acts of heroism emerge after London terror attack

[demmiblue]

London (CNN)Bystanders took a stand against the London Bridge terror suspect Usman Khan, tackling him to the ground while wielding a fire extinguisher and an apparent narwhal tusk, as stories emerged of individual acts of bravery.

Dramatic videos of the attack show the heroic actions despite Khan -- who is suspected of killing two people in the terrorist attack -- wearing a fake bomb strapped to him.

In the standoff on the north side of London Bridge, the convicted terrorist was sprayed with liquid from the extinguisher, while the man wielding the long tusk prodded it in the direction of the attacker.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/30/uk/london-bridge-attack-heroes-intl-gbr/index.html?utm_term=image&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2019-11-30T13%3A20%3A41

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[Dr. Strange]

1. NARWHAL TUSK?

FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!

HORNS N SHIT!!

YYYYYYEEEEAAAAHHHHHHH

[csziggy]

2. OK - I can't resist

[Dr. Strange]

3. Always causing a commotion, they are.

[hedda_foil]

4. How the hell did someone get hold of a narwhal horn in the first place????

It's not something one commonly sees on the street.

[cwydro]

5. I think it was a display in a building he was in.

I read something like that.

I had the same thought lol!

[csziggy]

7. Grabbed it off the wall!

"In other footage, someone is seen spraying the attacker with a fire extinguisher, while someone else hits him with a large white pole, reportedly a narwhal horn he grabbed off the wall at Fishmongers' Hall, a witness said on Twitter."
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-bridge-attack-heroes-narwhal-tusk-fire-extinguisher-video-terrorism-a9227146.html

The attack seems to have started there:

"In the early hours of Saturday, officers confirmed earlier reports that Khan began his attack inside Fishmongers’ Hall, near the north end of the bridge, during a University of Cambridge-organised conference on rehabilitating offenders. Officers believe he acted alone.

“The circumstances, as we currently understand them, are that the attacker attended an event earlier on Friday afternoon at Fishmongers’ Hall called ‘Learning Together’. We believe that the attack began inside before he left the building and proceeded onto London Bridge, where he was detained and subsequently confronted and shot by armed officers,” said the Met police assistant commissioner, Neil Basu."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/29/london-bridge-police-shoot-stabbing-suspect-after-five-injured

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. This is what you can have when you host a conference at the Fishmongers' Hall

Fishmongers' Hall is a Grade II* listed building adjacent to London Bridge, London.[1] It is the headquarters of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, one of the livery companies of the City of London.

The Company's hall in the City of London is known as Fishmongers' Hall (sometimes shortened in common parlance to Fish Hall); its earliest recorded hall was built in 1310. A new hall, on the present site, was bequeathed to the Company in 1434. Together with 43 other Livery halls, this one was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and a replacement hall designed by the architect Edward Jerman opened in 1671. This hall by Jerman was demolished to facilitate the construction of the new London Bridge in 1827. The Fishmongers' next hall was designed by Henry Roberts (although his assistant, later the celebrated Sir Gilbert Scott, made the drawings) and built by William Cubitt & Company, opening in 1834.[2] After severe bomb damage during the Blitz, Fishmongers' Hall was restored by Austen Hall (of Whinney, Son & Austen Hall) and reopened in 1951.

Fishmongers' Hall contains many treasures including the 1955 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Piero Annigoni,[3] an impressive collection of 17th- and 18th-century silver, a priceless embroidered 15th-century funeral pall, two portraits by George Romney and river scenes painted by Samuel Scott. They also hold a dagger that at one time was popularly believed to have been used by Lord Mayor Walworth to kill Wat Tyler in 1381, and was said to have been given to the City armoury by the king. However, there was no foundation to this legend, as the weapon was in the armoury long beforehand where it was used to represent the sword of St Paul.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishmongers%27_Hall

(Wat Tyler was a leader of the Peasants' Revolt)

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. those heroes sure knew how to improvise!