'As a British army officer I had to step up and do the right thing' Lt Colonel Craig Palmer is awarded the Queen's Commendation for Bravery for gathering vital evidence during the 2017 Parsons Green station attack
An Army officer who walked towards a smouldering bomb after it detonated on a London Underground train has been honoured for his courage.
The married father-of-three, who is originally from Stockton-on-Tees, was two carriages away, but he pushed through screaming crowds towards the danger. "Everyone was trying to get away while I was going forward," he said."I couldn't see a terrorist, but I could see what I thought was a burning bomb and realised the terrorist must be on the run - I saw horrified people, school children, all running past me."
The citation for his bravery award said that this photographic evidence enabled police to declare a major incident and rapidly begin investigating the attack. The bomber was caught the next day in Dover.
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