There are many aspects of the Huntingdon train stabbings that remain unresolved and disturbing, with details about the background to this horrific incident still emerging.
However, it is already clear that the response of the train crew on board the LNER service was brave, calm and exemplary – quite above and beyond the call of duty, in unimaginable circumstances. Indeed, one of the LNER staff members, as yet unnamed, is still receiving treatment for serious injuries, inflicted on him as he put himself in harm’s way and tried to protect passengers. He “undoubtedly saved lives”, according to the police. As the transport secretary Heidi Alexander put it: “He went to work on Saturday morning to do his job, and he left work a hero.”
