--- ---  # Watch American Who Took Down Terrorist on French Train Talk To Jimmy Fallon  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Sep 2, 2015 12:19 PM UTC  Anthony Sadler during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on Sept. 1, 2015. Anthony Sadler during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on Sept. 1, 2015.Douglas Gorenstein—NBC/Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Sep 2, 2015 12:19 PM UTC Three weeks ago Anthony Sadler was just an American tourist on a European vacation. Now, he’s an American hero chatting with Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show. “I look back and there’s the gunman just coming in the train cocking an AK,” Sadler told Fallon during his show on Tuesday. “And I was like is this real is someone playing a joke?” Sadler, along with two American friends also traveling on vacation, charged and subdued the terrorist, saving dozens of lives and earning international praise. But Fallon couldn’t allow Sadler’s appearance with landing a few cracks. In addition to discussing Sadler’s heroic actions, Fallon devoted much of the segment to joking about the trio’s time in Amsterdam, where their train originated. The Netherlands capital is known for it’s loose laws allowing drugs and partying. “You’re in Amsterdam because it’s so pretty there?” said Fallon before cracking up laughing. “You’re taking photographs, you’re taking in the art scene there. Of course, that’s what people do in Amsterdam!” Anthony Sadler Tells Jimmy Fallon of French Terrorist Attack ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4019882/anthony-sadler-jimmy-fallon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4019882/anthony-sadler-jimmy-fallon/"},"headline":"Watch American Who Took Down Terrorist on French Train Talk To Jimmy Fallon","datePublished":"2015-09-02T12:19:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:24:11.173Z","description":"Anthony Sadler was one of three Americans who helped stop a terrorist attack","url":"https://time.com/4019882/anthony-sadler-jimmy-fallon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0868e4848e196cf4/698861fcf887dc5924e922d1/anthony-sadler-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0868e4848e196cf4/698861fcf887dc5924e922d1/anthony-sadler-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0320 -- Pictured: (l-r) Anthony Sadler during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on September 1, 2015 -- (Photo by: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)","caption":"THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0320 -- Pictured: (l-r) Anthony Sadler during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on September 1, 2015 -- (Photo by: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)","creditText":"Douglas Gorenstein—NBC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4019882/anthony-sadler-jimmy-fallon/","name":"Watch American Who Took Down Terrorist on French Train Talk To Jimmy Fallon"}}]}] ```