Trump honors San Bernardino terror responders with Medal of Valor
President Trump awarded the nation’s highest honor for bravery to 12 public safety officers, including six public servants who responded after a married couple shot and killed 14 people in California in 2015.
Trump draped the Medal of Valor around each recipient’s neck in a White House ceremony during which he backed a ban on rapid-fire bump stock rifle devices.
“Through your service and sacrifice we are reminded that America’s greatest treasure is her people,” Trump said .
“In your courage we see America’s strength and in your character we see America’s soul.”
No women received the award.
Half of the men honored were among those on the scene in December 2015, when a Syed Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, shot and killed 14 people at a center for the developmentally disabled in San Bernardino, Calif.
The murderous couple was gunned down four hours later and 2 miles away when police pumped a fusillade of bullets into their fleeing SUV.
Other medal recipients had saved people from fire, drowning and shootings.
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