At Paris Trial, Passengers Recall Disarming of Train Gunman

French-American Mark Moogalian, right, and his wife Isabelle arrive at the Thalys attack trial, at the Paris courthouse, on Nov. 19, 2020. The lawyer for an American who was scheduled to testify about his role in the dramatic capture of an ISIS terrorist operative aboard a high-speed train says his witness has been hospitalized after he flew in to Paris. Francois Mori/AP Photo

PARIS—One of the passengers who wrestled and disarmed an ISIS terrorist gunman aboard a high-speed train, foiling what could have become a mass slaughter, recounted Nov. 19 how he had been motivated by a fierce desire to shield his wife from harm.

“I was trying to protect Isabelle,” Mark Moogalian said before giving testimony at the attack suspect’s trial in Paris. “There was no way I was going to let anything happen to her. I was going to do my best.”