Imagine you’re one of three young Americans who were traveling through Europe.

You’re visiting with friends.

“Hey, how was your trip to France and those other countries in Europe?” one of the friends asks.

“Oh, it was great. We saw some beautiful scenery, met some lovely people and, oh yeah, we stopped a terrorist from possibly blowing up a train, saving the lives of dozens, maybe hundreds, of people.

“And then we get the Legion of Honor from the president of France.”

French President Francois Hollande pinned his country’s highest honor on the chests of Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler, along with Briton Chris Norman for their extraordinary heroism in subduing an AK-47-wielding gunman who reportedly intended to inflict some serious harm to train passengers.

The alleged gunman is Ayoub El-Khazzani, a Moroccan who is believed to be an Islamist sympathizer.

“In the name of France, I would like to thank you. The whole world admires your bravery. It should be an example to all of us and inspire us. You put your lives at risk in order to defend freedom,” President Hollande said while pinning the medals on the four men.

We hear about so much terror and fear in this world of ours. These four men have proved, as Hollande said, “Faced with the evil called terrorism there is a good, that is humanity. You are the incarnation of that.”

Travel safely the rest of the way, gentlemen.