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🚨📸 PICTURED: The LNER train driver praised as a hero for keeping the train running to Huntingdon has been named as Iraq War veteran Andrew Johnson

Johnson spent 17 years in the Royal Navy and was deployed to Iraq in 2003 before becoming a train driver in 2018 pic.twitter.com/Rlm92qn1qE

— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) November 2, 2025

- Andrew Johnson, a 17-year Royal Navy veteran who served in Iraq clearing mines, diverted an LNER train to Huntingdon station during a mass stabbing on November 1, 2025, enabling rapid police and medical response that saved lives.

- The incident involved 10 hospitalizations from knife attacks, with police ruling out terrorism and charging a single 32-year-old suspect, countering early social media speculation of a coordinated terror plot.

- Public praise on X emphasizes Johnson's calm under pressure and calls for prioritizing veteran hires over DEI initiatives, reflecting broader debates on national security and workforce policies.