"I knew that a baseball bat was standing there," 20-year-old attendant Robert B. said. Robert picked up a bat and bashing the masked intruder until he began to sob and weep. The robber had tried to attack Robert with a knife, but the service station worker later said he didn't give much thought to fighting back.
"In this moment I didn't think about anything, I just functioned," he said. "Please let me go. I have a wife and children,” the masked intruder reportedly said to Robert. In the video, Robert can be seen handing the weeping would-be thief a serviette to dry his eyes.
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The 32-year-old suspect, who Robert held at the service station until police arrived, faces at least five years behind bars. Robert's boss Heiko Lammers couldn't be more impressed with how he handled the situation. "I'm proud of him, but the safety of my employees is more important to me than the money," he said.
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I was always under the belief that weep and sob meant the same thing.
Strange, I can never condone robbing, especially with a weapon, but I actually feel (a bit) pity for the would be robber.
Of course if I knew more of his story or reasons behind it maybe I wouldn't though.
(the image didn't come up straight away for the non-robot verification so I pressed to hear it spoken. That was the creepiest thing I ever heard!)
Hahaha!
I'd never heard the Captcha spoken voice before either!
The letters/numbers aren't showing here either, so I assume it's broken at the moment.
Ban baseball bats! They're assault weapons!
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