‘Freemason helps thwart knife attack’

    

The Telegraph

Andrew Johnson

One of the two London North Eastern Railway employees credited with helping stop the knife attacks aboard a commuter train last night is a Freemason, according to a number of laudatory messages shared on social media by Brother Masons today.

W. Bro. Andrew Johnson, a 17-year Royal Navy veteran who served in the Iraq War, was driving. Upon hearing an alarm and learning of the violence onboard the King’s Cross-bound train, he had its route changed from express tracks (125 m.p.h.) to local, thereby allowing for a stop at Huntingdon that allowed British Transport Police to board, make arrests, and evacuate the wounded.

Eleven were reported injured. Johnson’s co-worker, who physically confronted an assailant, is in “a life-threatening condition,” according to the BBC.

Two suspects initially were apprehended, one of whom was released, for the stabbings and slashings of eleven victims, and one weapon has been recovered. 

The government there somehow was able to proclaim very early that this is not a “terrorist incident.” Makes you wonder what would qualify as a terrorist incident.

After a little poking around, I think I can say Bro. Johnson is affiliated with Ceres Lodge 6977, of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire. He also is a Royal Arch Mason.

God bless you, Bro. Andrew. Prayers for all the injured victims.