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TAR 33 (ORIGINAL) CONTESTANT SPOILERS and Speculation
theschnauzers:
Spencer and Anthony were honored in France and the United States for their heroic acts in stopping an armed terrorist on a train going from Germany to Paris. The movie 15:17 to Paris was created and directed by Clint Eastwood and is an autobiography of those events. They are two of three lifelong friends since middle school, who were reservists in the National Guard, and who were involved in their act of heroism in 2015 and the film was based on their book of the same name published in 2016.
Not the first time a hero was cast on TAR. Ron Young, a former POW during the Iraq War, raced in season 7 with a beauty queen, both were from South Carolina. His story was known to viewers at the time.
H_E_L_L_O:
From recent Instagram posts it appears that Raquel is still a flight attendant.
georgiapeach:
So proud of all of you! This RFF Team is completely AMAZING!
Cannot believe that you all found and ID'd them all.
:2hearts: LOVE YOU ALL! :2hearts:
:ghug:
theschnauzers:
A couple of details mentioned in the current Wikipedia article about Spencer Stone.
In 2015, several months after the train terrorist event, Spencer was attacked and repeatedly stabbed in the back with life threatening injuries to his lungs, liver, and heart, requiring emergency open heart surgery.
In November 2020, he traveled to France to give testimony in the trial of the train terrorist and three accomplices. Before he was able to give his testimony he was hospitalized for undisclosed reasons and his testimony was delayed. Note this was several months after the production suspension for season 33. BTW, Spencer and his two friends not only received the Legion of Honor from France in 2015, they were naturalized as citizens of France in 2018. That 2020 hospitalization may be relevant to the resumption of production a few months ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Stone
BourkieBoy:
Sorry to be a little bit of a pain in the butt here, but I was just doing a little background research on these "famous" contestants and when I came across Ryan's Wikipedia page, I discovered that he seemed to be born in Northern Territory, Australia. So, he's obviously gained US citizenship via residency for a certain period, a green card or through his parents's status?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_W._Ferguson
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